same deference that it exhibits toward these torturers who obeyed order from the highest American officials? At least not the holocaust deniers or the advocates of slave-owning.But in the Bush administration except perhaps for Colin Powell, the torturers just were the U.S, government and are today's war criminals. The Times caters to the crimes.

In the third to last paragraph, the reporter cites one intelligent observation by Al-Hajj as if it were controversial:

“When a visitor mentioned ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’, an American term that characterizes harsh treatment of detainees, Mr. Hajj interrupted the translator and said in Arabic ‘instead of torture.’”

Contrary to Stelter, “enhanced interrogation techniques” is not an “American” term.The United States government, notably under Ronald Reagan in 1988, ratified by the Congress in 1994, approved the United Nations'in the rule of law and the American people, and in the last paragraph, Stelter says oddly, “oddly,” continues to:

“Oddly while in a prison sanctioned [sic: run] by United States authorities, Mr. Hajj put his faith in the American political system.He gathered bits of news from the guards and , leading up to the 2004 election, was sure that American voters would reject Mr. Bush, which would lead to his freedom.When the guards informed him that the president had been re-elected,** he was stunned, ‘I was sure I would outlive Bush,’ he said.”

And as Stelter underlines early in the article:

“Nor has his experience radicalized him: he said that despite his upbringing in a violent and often repressive country and his experience in detention, he maintained a sustaining belief