O. C. Register sounds off on torture

The O. C. Register is excited today about the destruction of the CIA tapes, which is OK if the thing isn't blown out of proportion. (After all, it's just video tape. People can and will imagine what was on the tapes, but then what?)

The Register then moves on to discussing torture and interrogation techniques, arguing against torture and in favor of a public debate about techniques, which would be stupid. Interrogation techniques are useless unless the person being interrogated is in the dark about what interrogators might do to him or her. If it's all discussed publicly, terrorists will know the tactics in advance and that will makes them useless.