Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Notable & Quotable - WSJ.com
This explanation is both understandable AND reasonable.
People seem to have forgotten that these terrorists ARE trying to KILL us...
People seem to have forgotten that these terrorists ARE trying to KILL us...
The reports Wall Street Journal on CIA Director Michael Hayden's message to his employees:
"The Agency's decision to employ waterboarding in the wake of 9/11 was not only lawful, it reflected the circumstances of the time. In reply to a question at the Senate hearing, I said: 'Very critical to those circumstances was the belief that additional catastrophic attacks against the homeland were imminent. In addition to that, my Agency and our Community writ large had limited knowledge about al-Qa'ida and its workings...'"
