„as long as people believe torturing terrorism detainees leads to valuable information, the CIA‘s interrogation program — and torture in general — are unlikely to face a major public backlash.

This is the unhappy reality being confronted by Democrats who had hoped to make a splash with the CIA report.“

So the only „reality“ in the article is the fact that the public‘s depraved position is bad for one particular party. Apparently, it‘s not bad for „humanity“ or common sense or human rights or America. It‘s just bad for one party?