And our objective is to get the guys who did 9/11 and it is to avoid another attack against the United States.” For their part, some current CIA officials continue to insist on the value of America’s “enhanced interrogation” program (which Obama halted), despite the Senate report’s conclusion that the techniques it employed yielded no valuable intelligence.
更有甚者，不止一伙前美国官员不仅拒绝弥补虐待的错误，而且试图为自己的行为辩解。当在电视上被问及大约25%的被拘留者属于无辜被抓时，前副总统迪克·切尼回应：“只要达到目的我不觉得有什么不妥。我们的目的是抓住9/11事件的肇事者，避免袭击再次发生在美国。”某些现任中情局官员仍坚持强调美国“强化审讯”计划（该计划已被奥巴马勒令停止）的价值，尽管参议院报告的结论是所采用的技术并没有产生任何有价值的情报。