“The whole notion was that if we showed courtesy or opened up dialogue with governments that

“The whole notion was that if we showed courtesy or opened up dialogue with governments that had previously been hostile to us, that that somehow would be a sign of weakness. The American people didn’t buy it.”

President Barack Obama

Defending his brand of world politics during trip to Latin America.

“I think that ... by taking techniques off the table, we have made it more difficult in a whole host of circumstances I can imagine, more difficult for CIA officers to defend the nation.”

Former CIA chief Michael Hayden

On Obama’s decision not prosecute officials who devised the Bush administration interrogation policy.