123 Quotes by Tom Malinowski

There's not just confusion between the U.S. definition and everybody else's definition of torture, there's profound confusion within the U.S. government.

And there is no way anyone could, even if the military was twice as conscientious. It is unknowable, unless you assume that every act of abuse is immediately reported up the chain of command.

apparently were worried that if they were to name Uzbekistan this year, after never naming them before, it would look like they did it just because they're mad about being kicked off the base.

This is the first time they've said explicitly that the intelligence community should be allowed to treat prisoners inhumanely,

This exception contains code language that could give the CIA a green light to treat prisoners inhumanely. If allowed to stand, it will render President Bush 's past pledges about humane treatment meaningless.

They are explicitly saying, for the first time, that the intelligence community should have the ability to treat prisoners inhumanely, ... You can't tell soldiers that inhumane treatment is always morally wrong if they see with their own eyes that C.I.A. personnel are allowed to engage in it.

There's a lot of public pressure to retain the language intact. At the same time, there's pressure from the vice president's office to modify it.

It's not like these people were once considered to be a threat and now are not. These people need to be released, either in another country or the U.S. They're America's responsibility.

It's pathetic that they're still shuttling cash to this dictatorship after it has violated every commitment it made to the United States.