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This is a link post Best bits from that CIA report.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Im trying hard to have any sympathy for terrorists.
They went on hunger strike, so "Five prisoners were subjected to "rectal rehydration" or "rectal feeding." in context makes sense.
 (Spin Its a thing., Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Has the CIA created a human centipede?

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:55, Reply)
This is a normal post not all were terrorists
This is not only a case of cruel and unusual punishment (which we condemn ISIS for) but cruel and unusual punishment of those not found guilty by trial.

If our governments cannot act according to the rule of law, and its most basic values, then our enemies are right.
 (Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Too many words....
GUARD! Bum feed him!!
 (Spin Its a thing., Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Sounds too close to a simulated porn act
and so would be considered something to ban
 (Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 19:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Needs more beheadings,
especially of charity workers and journos.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Typical Tabs.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:58, Reply)
This is a normal post HI TABS

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Reads a bit like a Buzzfeed article with random ALL CAPS and lots of !!!!!!

(I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Well that's dealt with the way the report was presented
Any opinion on the contents?
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:57, Reply)
This is a normal post It seems like the bold headings don't always correspond to the report.
Like one said "The CIA played RUSSIAN roullette!!!!", but when you look at the text it says the prisoner was threatened with a gun, the Russian roullette part, presumably, is the invention of the author.

Further down it says "The Architects", then puts Dick Cheney front and center, even though he only said allegations were "hooey". I'm not sure that makes him an architect.

In all, there are much better, much less partisan summaries, although it was written by one political party to cast shame on another political party (the last two CIA reports were bi-partisan and unlike this one, actually had recommendations instead of accusations.)

It is clear that terrorists don't follow the Geneva Convention, and I can't imagine the terror and sense of urgency that those involved felt, sitting relatively safely in the middle of the US. I know people who had family die iin the Towers, and have lost members of my training platoon in the conflicts.

It is never pretty.
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Not sure I just read the same thing
As it doesn't say RUSSIAN roulette anywhere, it says Russian Roulette it's a proper noun so needs initial caps...

Also the clip of the report under it says Russian Roulette. Heavily redacted of course, but definitely says it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 19:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Was listening to some discussion of this on the radio in Germany yesterday
The one thing that stood out to me was that the US had sold its moral high-ground down the river with these medieval practices and NOT ONE SINGLE PIECE of useful information was obtained in the process.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:00, Reply)
This is a normal post So what?

(pissflaps. FSPW, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:02, Reply)
This is a normal post There are many reports that useful information came about because of this.
The purpose of this report was to knock the other political party, so that might have been overshadowed. It is there, if you look, however.
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Means they weren't trying hard enough.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Osamas dead..
that'll do me.
 (Spin Its a thing., Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:20, Reply)
This is a normal post It's odd to say that the ends justify the means
when that outcome has been shown to be unconnected to these methods.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:34, Reply)
This is a normal post It doesn't matter if the CIA is inducing psychosis in suspects, or Saddam is zapping feet
as long as you get your wank
 (Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:08, Reply)
This is a normal post I can always rely on you to distill it down to basics.

(I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:13, Reply)
This is a normal post It could have been worse
Imagine if the report had found hard evidence that torture actually worked.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Can you hold the moral high ground when both you and your opponent thinks he has God on his side?

(I helped save b3ta! Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 18:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Is that a rhetorical question?
Is this?
 (Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 19:08, Reply)