“In [April 12] 2007 testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, [CIA Director] General [Michael] Hayden explained why it would be so damaging to limit CIA interrogations to the methods in the Army Field Manual: ‘We have severely restricted our attempts to obtain timely information from HVDs [high-value detainees] who possess information that will help us save lives and disrupt operations. Limiting our interrogation tools to those detailed in the field manual will increase the probability that a determined, resilient HVD will be able to withhold critical, time-sensitive, actionable intelligence that could prevent an imminent, catastrophic attack.’ ”
– Dick Cheney, In My Time, Page 361