einstein (D-Calif.) wanted a report so tough that it would “ensure that an un-American, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted,” as she put it. Feinstein’s campaign has advanced that goal, and for this the country should be grateful. (..)
These details — recounting filthy conditions and vicious interrogation techniques — will shock the conscience in the same way that the Abu Ghraib and waterboarding revelations did.