Rand Paul is such a grandstanding pussy!
First of all, contrary to modern urban myth, torture actually does work. If done properly, and a skilled interrogator convinces a subject that he is going to be tortured and uses the right techniques to let him know - beyond a shadow of a doubt - that lying, misleading or fabrication will lead to real torture, the vast majority of the time a subject will very carefully and deliberately tell you what you are looking for - if he knows.
Secondly, waterboarding is scary as hell, but isn’t torture. We use it in our own training, along with other unpleasant things; ask anyone who’s been through SERE.
Finally - for now, RENDITION was about more than “torture.” It was about getting actionable intelligence out of people who had actionable information and doing so as quickly as possible. Would Paul object to “enhanced interrogation” or real torture if his own child were being held and he knew he or she was going to be executed on video in less than 24 hours? Would you?