And the purpose of this was…what? Besides helping Democrats in their “torture” probe and appeasing the American Civil Liberties Union, of course. Not only does the report name names but it shows the faces of the two individuals the government hired and authorized to design and oversee the interrogations. Absolutely moronic.

According to current and former government officials, the CIA’s secret waterboarding program was designed and assured to be safe by two well-paid psychologists now working out of an unmarked office building in Spokane, Washington.

Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell, former military officers, together founded Mitchell Jessen and Associates.

Both men declined to speak to ABC News citing non-disclosure agreements with the CIA. But sources say Jessen and Mitchell together designed and implemented the CIA’s interrogation program…

“It’s clear that these psychologists had an important role in developing what became the CIA’s torture program,” said Jameel Jaffer, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.

So the ACLU’s stand is that we should protect terrorists looking to kill countless Americans, yet put the lives of contractors the government hired to carry out a job on the line? As Glenn Reynolds says, it’s not that they’re anti-American — they’re just on the other side.

“The use of these tactics tends to increase resistance on the part of the detainee to cooperating with us. So they have the exact opposite effect of what you want,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich).

I’m certainly not in a position to question the vast interrogation and counterterrorism knowledge of the senator from Michigan, who Jon Stewart refers to as “Grandpa Munster”, but didn’t Dennis Blair say that the tactics produced vital information and gave us a greater understanding of Al Qaeda?

A federal judge in New York is currently considering whether or not to make public the written logs of the interrogation sessions.

The tapes were destroyed by the CIA, but the written logs still exist, although the CIA is fighting their release.

Wait, wait. The CIA, lead by Leon Panetta and under the direction of President Obama, is fighting the release of interrogation logs? After the administration releases the memos that endangered national security and promises a new era of transparency? Wow.