At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.
If you have any doubt about the degree with which this is self-defense, just look at those pictures from September 11th.
…those hostilities were not very well contained, as we found out on September 11th, and so the notion that somehow policies that finally confront extremism are actually causing extremism I find grotesque.
And so, by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Conventions Against Torture.