The Report: How to make the CIA torture report into a paranoid thriller - Vox

The Report interview: How to make the CIA torture report into a paranoid thriller - Vox:

it’s possible to become imprisoned in a linguistic contour that no longer matches the landscape of fact

 they surrendered the moral high ground for nothing. We didn’t get any intel. We didn’t keep anybody safe. What we did do was put our military at risk, for who knows how long...torture is not effective. It’s great for getting false answers and getting confessions, perfect for that. You want a false confession, that’s what you’ll get. But if you really want intelligence, that’s not the way you do it. We allowed this covert program not only subvert our values, but also put us in great danger.