WASHINGTON — I can understand why, back in 2005, the CIA destroyed tapes showing its agents using "waterboarding" on notorious terrorists. My guess is that the tapes would reveal them all having a lot of fun. There the Rev. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be seen waterboarding like mad, his baseball hat turned backward, his eyes alight with excitement. There Mr. Abu Zubaydah can be seen having an equally exciting time, possibly gurgling a bit, but riding his waterboard to the lim ...

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