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<p>A reader writes:</p>
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<p>Can we get more disgustingly Orwellian <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/mark-thiessen-it-was-torture.html">than this</a>:</p>
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<p>The job of the interrogator is to safely help the terrorist do his duty to Allah, so he then feels liberated to speak freely.</p>
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<p>So, the interrogator isn&#39;t &quot;torturing&quot; the subject, he&#39;s &quot;liberating&quot; him.</p>
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<p>Yes: and the WaPo published it! In the now immortal words of <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/look-the-other-way.html">Peggy Noonan</a>: &quot;Sometimes you need to just keep walking.&quot; </p>
<p>Faster, Peggy, <em>faster</em>!</p>
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