1. It's illegal.
  2. It's immoral.
  3. It leads to bad intelligence, corrupts good intelligence, and confessions stemmed from torture are inadmissible in court.
  4. It damages respect and rapport for the US abroad, both among allies and enemies.
  5. It puts our troops in greater danger of being tortured when they are captured as POWs.
  6. It damages our credibility to condemn torture when done by other regimes.
  7. It disrespects the humanity of all involved - the torturer, the victim, and the leadership and society that gives its approval.

Questions? Comments? Ideas for what should be done to repair the damage done by those in the US government who authorized torture?