Red Cross Torture Report

[Lemur]

That would work out to six sessions a day. First of all, it flies in the face of earlier reports.... "KSM lasted the longest under waterboarding, about a minute and a half, but once he broke, it never had to be used again," said a former CIA official familiar with KSM's case.

This, too, is predictable. "We never did it. Okay, we did it, but it wasn't torture. Okay, maybe it was torture, but we did it really briefly, so don't get upset. Okay, maybe we did it hundreds of times, but it was worth it."

Honestly, I think there are only two questions left:

1. Was it as efficient as the torture apologists claim in yielding useful, confirmable intel? We all know torture is the best tool available for breaking a man. What stands untested and unproved is whether it yields better results than traditional interrogation in terms of actionable intelligence.
2. Will anyone above the rank of Sergeant ever be held accountable?