Cheney speaks - “a big supporter of waterboarding” and he and others demanded it.

[Jan Klimkowski]

As a footnote, by talking primarily of waterboarding, Cheney is making it easier for those who accept the utilitarian Benthamite justification of torture (the stupid and entirely artificial "ticking bomb" argument) to feel good about themselves.

For the record once more, here is what the US government accepted in a US court was done to Binyam Mohamed:

"(a)…[Mr Mohamed's] trauma lasted for 2 long years. During that time, he was physically and psychologically tortured. His genitals were mutilated. He was deprived of sleep and food. He was summarily transported from one foreign prison to another. Captors held him in stress positions for days at a time. He was forced to listen to piercingly loud music and the screams of other prisoners while locked in a pitch-black cell. All the while, he was forced to inculpate himself and others in various plots to imperil Americans. The Government does not dispute this evidence."(p64)

http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/...php?t=3127

It's a footnote, and only a footnote. However, if one substitutes "genital mutilation" for "waterboarding" in Cheney's interview above, the impact is clear.

Commencing with:

Dick Cheney pronounced himself a "big supporter of genital mutilation"....

A few Washington insiders may have experienced difficulty continuing to chomp on their costs-plus Eggs Benedict...