C. Blair Quotes

Who's getting on an airplane? What name is that person using? When are they arriving here? We haven't achieved that level of intelligence exchange with China. - C. Blair

We will have the same basic military situation at a higher and higher level of armament which I don't think does a lot of good for anybody and certainly doesn't foster the sort of peaceful resolution of the issues there which we want to maintain. - C. Blair

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. - Dennis C. Blair

The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security. - Dennis C. Blair

More stable than newspapers indicate. - C. Blair

I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given. - Dennis C. Blair

I believe that on the basis of this stable balance, Taiwan and China's peaceful achievement of one China -- which is the policy of China, the policy of Taiwan and the policy of the United States -- can move forward. - C. Blair

High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country. - Dennis C. Blair

Both sides are coming into it with a lot of historical baggage. That being said, the initial encounters in which we are exchanging intelligence on terrorist activities have been going very well. - C. Blair

As a military commander we are behind the threat in that country. - C. Blair

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