Reality Check For Torture Fans

As sophisticated as I may be politically, when it comes to the mastery of late twentieth century digital technology, I'm still a novice; so, please, bear with me.

The Daily Kos is one of the greatest sources of progressive opinion out there, and all those bloggers are digging up information on everything from plate tectonics and volcanism to torture. I recently found a blog that should make the torture apologists hang their heads in shame (of course, they won't.) I don't know how to put the link here, because the Kos sites confuse the hell out of me, but I'll give the full citation so my intrepid readers, if any, can find it. The title says it all, and you must read the entire piece. Everything that professional FBI and police interrogators have said about proper techniques of interrogation and the inefficacy of torture may have had its start with one man during World War Two.

"The Torture-Free True Story of the Best USMC Interrogator in WWII" by 8ackgr0und NO15e

Quote of the Post

"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if he exists, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."

Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr 1787
Quoted in Tolerant Libertarian's blog, If our Founding Fathers Were All Christians, Why Did They Say This? Daily Kos

I am doing more reading than writing these days. Can you tell?