“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sidestepped questions about possible secret prisons, saying the United States was in a ‘different kind of war’ and had an obligation to defend itself. ‘We, our allies, others who have experienced attacks, have to find a way to protect our people,’ said Rice, who would not confirm the existence of secret prisons.”
– Katherine Shrader, “CIA Moves Toward Probe of Prisons Story,” Associated Press, Nov. 9, 2005