I post this not to so much educate those of us who already know torture doesn't work, is morally wrong and there never will be an excuse to practice it. I post in the hope of changing the minds of those few who read DKos and wander back to their right wing safe heavens and post "24" plot lines to justify it. I post for those who still believe we must in order to keep us "safe."
On that note let me take you back to WW II Britain. A small isle that didn't imagine they might be attacked again and again they were being attacked by all manner of frightening messengers from the sky. London was being reduced to rubble, children were evacuated into the country side for fear the next generation would be lost to the bombs and rockets.
With this scenario going on and the fear of imminent invasion from across The Channel, one might think a blind eye would be turned in order to get any all information needed from captured spies to keep the British people safe.
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