From a newsletter I received in this morning's e-mail – from an organization call Human Rights First.

News of Bin Laden's death wasn't even a day old when Dick Cheney and his allies started claiming torture "worked."

Their claim is bogus. Here are the facts:

1.   The key information actually leading to Bin Laden came through lawful interrogation methods consistent with the Geneva Conventions.

2.   Torture failed to get important information out of two key detainees.

3.   Torture led one detainee to concoct info about Saddam Hussein's ties to Al Qaeda—a lie that was used to justify the United States' invasion of Iraq.

4.   Torture hindered the hunt for Bin Laden: professional interrogators say the U.S. would've gotten to him more quickly relying solely on legal, humane techniques.

But the truth won't deter the torture crowd. They are desperate to justify the decisions they made that led to the disgrace of Abu Ghraib. That's what this is about.

For your information.

Don Firth