Proud to live in Our Leader's America

So Our Leader ordered the CIA to torture a mentally ill man in order to "save face." And perhaps the psychotic rantings we beat out of him sent our state security apparatus out on fruitless (unless you count the election year political value) goose chases. We should remember that often, Our Leader's holy inquisitors plied their trade in ways that should fill us with pride:

Two young sons of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks, are being used by the CIA to force their father to talk.

Yousef al-Khalid, 9, and his brother, Abed al-Khalid, 7, were taken into custody in Pakistan in September when intelligence officers raided a flat in Karachi where their father had been hiding.

Mohammed fled just hours before the raid but his sons and another senior al-Qaeda member were found cowering behind a wardrobe in the apartment.

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"He has said very little so far," a CIA official said on Saturday. "He sits in a trance-like state and recites verses from the Koran. But while he may claim to be a devout Muslim, we know he is fond of the Western-style fast life. His sons are important to him. The promise of their release and their return to Pakistan may be the psychological lever we need to break him."