Torture strengthens Al Qaeda.

Take it from a senior interrogator who had daily contact with Al Qaeda combatants:

“One of Al Qaeda’s goals, it’s not just to attack the United States, it’s to prove that we’re hypocrites, that we don’t live up to American principles. So when we use torture and abuse, we’re playing directly into one of their stated goals.”

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