I do not see why you seem so intent on disagreeing. As far as I can see, we are pretty much in agreement on this point.
I did not mean to imply that they were lying about how often this technique has been used. Far from it. My statement was, rather, meant to be an endorsement of their activities to date, and an acknowledgement that they have, according to all available information, behaved responsibly.
Well if we aren’t disagreeing, then just agree with me that waterboarding is an acceptable method (when used the way they were using it, on the select few they were using it on) of gathering useful intel from terrorists, and then I’ll say we are good.