Some time earlier this blog was a scene of considerable
discussion as various self-described religious people attempted to justify
torture.  A common claim as I
remember was that it worked, that it saved American lives. Dick Cheney said that
so far unreleased documents would exonerate him in that regard, and his craven
lap dogs happily piled on in his support.

Guess what?

The documents have finally been released, and as those who
have studied Cheney and his types over the past few years suspected, he
lied.  What was exposed were
threats to kll a detainee’s family, rape a detainee’s wife, and similar
examples of right-wing and Bushite patriotism in action.   As is so often the case. Digby
has compiled a great report.

Glenn Greenwald has also done his usual great job giving us a better understanding of what has gone on and what it means.

Neither “Mr transparency,” Barack Obama, nor Congress had
anything to do with getting the truth to the American people.  The ACLU was responsible.

UPDATE
Frances Fragos Townsend, a homeland security adviser  and close to Bush , admitted late last night on CNN that there is no evidence in the report Cheney said would settle the issue that  torture gave us us crucial information.   Think Progress has additional information, as does Spencer Akerman at the Washington Independent.

I am developing a quick way to tell the accuracy of right wing republican claims.  If they say it is true, it is not.

Easy and almost always dependable.