2) Powell had been on record warning against U.S. torture policies on the basis that if we mistreat our prisoners, foreign countries will feel no qualms about abusing American captives in wartime.
Regarding #1 - all I can say is BS. Has this ugly woman asked any of Bin Laden's group how much remorse they feel for all that they have inflicted upon the country of Afghanistan (before our military campaign there) or upon locations around the globe? Regarding #2 - Can anyone show me evidence that our soldiers and civilians would be treated any differently than they have been were we to not use "aggressive" interrogation methods? Can anyone give evidence that in past wars our enemies have used non-torturous methods in their treatment of our PoW's? Do we not have enough evidence that the alternative is the reality of dealing with these vermin? Helen Thomas deserves being put through a waterboarding session.
Here, why don’t we compromise with Helen?
We could say we’ll only torture terrorists who are planning on targeting conservative areas, and we’ll let those targeting liberal areas go free.