1. Israel can get by without torture. What’s wrong with us?

2. Isn’t “we will absolutely defend those who relied on these memos and those guidelines” too close to “they were just following orders” for comfort?

3. Pretending for the sake of argument that torture makes a country safer, would you rather live in greater safety in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Syria; or in less safety in the United States of America?