"Suggesting some kind of equivalence between their interrogation tactics demonstrates a profound lack of understanding about the horrors that Hitler and his regime actually perpetrated," Foxman added. "We urge you to repudiate your remarks and apologize to the American people for distorting an important issue with an inappropriate comparison to Nazi tactics," the ADL chief said.

Earlier on Thursday, Sen. Durbin said he was standing by his remarks, insisting instead: "This administration should apologize to the American people for abandoning the Geneva Conventions."

Last week the ADL called on powerful House Democrat Charlie Rangel to apologize, after Rangel compared the Iraq war to the Holocaust.

Rather than comply, Rangel charged that Mr. Foxman had a history of targeting African-Americans like himself.

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