The parts of government past Republicans have loved - the national security parts - are the parts that are least to be trusted

CIA lied about torture to justify using it

Not to mention that the argument from the Bomb never once really applied, or was even alleged to apply.

And recall that it was the Bushies and the neocons of the White House who invented all this.

Not just the NSA craziness lately exposed by Snowden and denounced by pretty much everybody outside the White House, but the torture.

But I must admit I have no confidence in any official study concluding the inefficacy of torture. 

Humbug.

Bien-pensant humbug.