A couple of Quotes from others on Torture

From Ta-Nehisi Coates:
It's amazing, though it shouldn't be, to see the former vice-president of the United States arguing that the government still should be torturing people, and that torture is one of the things he's proudest of. I think the worst thing about the Obama administration's "looking forward" doctrine is that it virtually guarantees that torture will happen again--perhaps even under the very next administration.
It not simply that modern America officially condones torture, it is that modern America condemns torture when executed by people we don't like, and calls it "enhanced interrogation" when we do it. Media has, in disgraceful fashion, bought this Orwellian line. I fully expect to see more enhanced interrogation in my lifetime. I would not be shocked to see it filter down to law enforcement. Foreign terrorists are not the only people who kill.

And for a more comprehensive look, in light of Dick Cheney's book, here's Dalia Lithwick. Basically she makes the point that torture is de facto legal when performed by the US government, thanks to Dick Cheney and to all of those (including Barack Obama) who have averted their eyes.  Many of my more liberal friends still support the torture policies of the Bush administration.  It's shameful.