#san

If the practice is torture for the al Qaeda operative who masterminded the killing of three thousand Americans, why weren't there court-martials in the cases of those thousands of servicemen similarly treated as part of their training? ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#cases #killing #operative #part #practice

Needless to say, there is no opportunity to interrogate or learn anything from a suspect who is vaporized by a missile launched by a keystroke executed thousands of miles away. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#away #executed #launched #learn #miles

Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#being #captured #felt #know #like

The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective. These steps were fully sanctioned and carefully followed. The detention and interrogation of top terrorists like Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and Abu Faraj al-Libbi yielded breakthroughs which have kept this country safe. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#actions #aftermath #breakthroughs #carefully #country

And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#close #course #filipino #held #i

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#great #great things #insanity #little #little bit

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank. ↗

— Pete Rose

#day #i #i was born #lincoln #sank

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#class #clear #first #freedom #freedom of religion

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#end #five #lives #more #most

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership. ↗

— John Thune

#bipartisan #budget #clearly #cooperation #entitlement