IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE ASHAMED OF AN ACTIVITY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS DID FOR ENTERTAINMENT? (no, not that one):

Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects (BBC, 3/11/10)

A senior adviser to former US President George W Bush has defended tough interrogation techniques, saying their use helped prevent terrorist attacks.

In a BBC interview, Karl Rove, who was known as "Bush's brain", said he "was proud we used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists".