Only 3 people were ever waterboarded, one of whom was 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The released memos prove that torture did not occur. The 3 ragheads' health was never in real danger and they never experienced real pain. The technique was effective because it increased the detainees level of fear. If their minds work rationally, they would have already been in a permanent state of fear from being detained by enemies in a strange place.

There won't be criminal charges because there is no legal basis to convict anyone. Everyone involved had legal clearance for their actions. The people who gave legal clearance had the authority to use their judgement as relates to US law (not the Geneva convention treaty - which Al Queda didn't sign - lol). The deciders can not be criminalized after the fact by others simply because their judgement would have been different.

What the Obama administration and Dem congress want (if they can get away with it) is a "truth commission" show trial. This would allow them to keep to keep the Bush administration around as a boogeyman to villainize. They need a scapegoat to distract the public from their implementation of socialist policies and their failings. As a bonus, it will allow them to throw red meat to their America hating leftist supporters (Code Pink, ACLU, Move On, People For The American Way, George Soros etc etc).



PS: Coke would have gone medieval on their asses with pliers and a blow torch.