> The Republicans have issued a rebuttal. I assume this means they support torture. > Clapper has issued a rebuttal, claiming that the report isn't neutral. I

> The Republicans have issued a rebuttal. I assume this means they support torture. > Clapper has issued a rebuttal, claiming that the report isn't neutral. I assume he also supports torture. If I write, 'cryoshon eats babies,' and Jimbo replies, 'no he doesn't; he eats eggs, and besides he was starving,' then that doesn't mean that Jimbo supports baby-eating: it means that he doesn't believe that eating eggs is eating babies. There is a minority report which rebuts this one, and the CIA itself have issued their own rebuttal. Now, those could be non-rebuttals entirely of the form, 'doesn't matter, it worked' or they could be rebuttals of the form, 'the worst stuff you mention never happened; the rest of it is unpleasant but legal, and effective.' They could also be true, or false—as could this report.