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Of the hunt for bin laden? and i think we get there to a key point about torture, which is that its dramatically compelling. it captures the imagination. you know, "24," the television series, "dirty harry" with clint eastwood, you can cite other instances in which torture has played a critical role because its inherently dramatic. and it takens a kind of soothing tail within it about power. the government is willing to use any sort of travel to protect you. also, power determines everything. we...

He said thats right which asked whether khalid sheikh mow ham he had should be waterboarded. so we live in these strange times in which the presidents administration says these activities are illegal. the previous one proudly says it ordered them performed and furthermore that it was absolutely necessary to protect the countrys security to torture detainees. and now we have this movie, which is sure to be and obviously is going to be not only very popular, but perhaps in the race for oscar recog...

Temperature temperature as an illegal and out of bounds activity to a policy choice. >> sure. and i think the bigger question here is the forward looking question which is can this happen again? and one of the reasons that people are nervous about this film, one of the reasons people are upset with obama for refusing to look back, refusing to fully embrace the commission online to let senator leahy at the time is it creates a platform for a future president to do the same thing president bush di...