There remains one simple truth: Torture is wrong. Period.
There is a reason why we signed on to laws banning it. There is a reason why
the folks working for C-Plus Augustus had to tear up the language in order to
find a way to describe what they were doing without saying what it actually
was. There is a reason why all the alibis were prepared in advance...
excerpted from Esquire magazine commentary
see also Free the Senate Torture Report