“James Grant: Senate Intelligence Committee should release the CIA report on torture” by James Grant, June 15, 2013.

As a person of faith, and specifically as a Roman Catholic, I reject torture absolutely and unequivocally. In 1994, seven years before 9/11, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) offered enlightened insights on the issue of war and torture:

"The Church and human reason both assert the permanent validity of the moral law during armed conflict. The mere fact that war has regrettably broken out does not mean that everything becomes licit between the warring parties. Non-combatants, wounded soldiers and prisoners must be respected and treated humanely..."