Quotes by Dennis Blair

• High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country.
• I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given.
• The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means.