AI R,
I find nothing to disagree with mate.
Bob,
You seem to be working from an assumption that people's criticism of the CIA's behavior in this regard, is in some way a criticism of the US - it's not. Quite the opposite in fact. It's because of America's unique history and the efforts it's gone to in the past to 'do the right thing' (see what I did there?) that the world expects so much of it (although no more than is required by law).
Britain invented concentration camps (no need to say thanks) we're no more morally 'pure' than any other country. The points made on this thread, detailing why torture is a poor choice, are agnostic of the perpetrator.
Sun.