Speaking before a Senate subcommittee on May 13, 2009, former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan said: “The decision to use the harsh interrogation methods ‘was one of the worst and most harmful decisions made in our efforts against al Qaida.’ ”
– Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel, “Cheney’s Speech Ignored Some Inconvenient Truths,” McClatchy Newspapers, May 21, 2009