The United States Torture Regime. The lowest of the low. It was unleashed by Bush/Cheney/Rumsfield. It really made you think that the U.S. had no "moral authority" left, that everything we accused the bad guys in the world of doing, we were doing too.
It was a nightmare, and a blight on our nation. And made us all secret collaborators. The "gatekeepers" of our nation were committing crimes against humanity. The fear of terror brought out the worst in us.
And now it seems that there is a report floating around that details how the CIA tortured and lied about the torture, and pretended that the torture was a useful tool, and it really was not. It's amazing what people will do to cover their asses, to lie, and coverup crimes, to protect themselves and the organization they work for. Human beings excelling at being inhuman...