Washington is a very confusing place. 
In the past week, the public has seen the story of waterboarding explode into literately hundreds of pieces. President Barack Obama and his cabinet have almost fatally contradicted themselves and the main stream media’s supposed unbiased analysis of the waterboardings have flown hand in hand — and in some cases have assumed the form of — their own talking heads. And of course, this all comes in great time of President Obama’s 100 day celebration. 
So how can this all be politically interpreted? In some ways, it can’t. 
As John Dickerson writes, we …

Recently, after a quiet few months on the subject, President Obama ordered the Department of Justice to release memos on interrogation, and of course — the infamous waterboarding. Many of the the liberal media outlets cried out to exploit the supposed unconstitutionality of the Bush administration, while the conservative media spoke relatively quiet on the subject. 
So in a short post — I’d like to open this up to the commenters: what means of torture (if any) is acceptable — even if it gives valuable information?