Well I guess 'enhanced interrogation techniques' will now join the ranks of such lovely euphemisms as 'collateral damage,' 'pro-life,' and 'love the sinner, hate the sin.' I'd contend, though, that it actually represents an escalation in the creation of, erm, dubious euphemisms. While they all attempt to put a nice, or at least less-bad, face on something nasty, this one sounds like it's actually trying to sell you the idea that something abhorrent is really a good thing.
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They called it “enhanced interrogation” because they knew damned wall that it was wrong.
I guess I’ll take that as a confession of sorts.