"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."

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Source : "Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says". www.nytimes.com. April 21, 2009.

Dennis C. Blair

#Mean Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Technique Quotes

“President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office”
“Liadan," he said, staring intently at the ground. "Yes," I whispered. "Don't wed that man Eamonn. Tell him, if he takes you, he's a dead." --Bran”
“There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether youâ€™re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesnâ€™t pass, thatâ€™s itâ€”youâ€™re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes itâ€™s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your loversâ€™ face.”
“Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.”
“history records the large events or the general condition of society, but only an individual can put down the way of life in a small town ...”
“We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.”
“People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.”
“I'm nice, and I show up on time.”

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