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As with anything, once the initial shock and horror has passed, torture will begin to seem just a little less shocking and horrifying. I've said for years that Abu Graib and Guantanamo were as much PR as whistle-blowing. They had to know that right after "911" was their best chance ever to sneak torture and all the other authoritarian monstrosities into the mainstream culture. I have absolutely no doubt that our leaders were eager to have torture exposed - because they knew perfectly well how the dynamic would proceed to play out. And so it has.
