As much as I loathe the immorality and idiocy of these programs, there is no reason to lose all historical perspective. > This stuff would make Gestapo, KGB an

As much as I loathe the immorality and idiocy of these programs, there is no reason to lose all historical perspective. > This stuff would make Gestapo, KGB and Stasi proud. A big difference is that those groups tortured and killed many of their own subjects for their political dissidence. In this case, the CIA tortured (albeit counterproductively) to protect its citizens, and there was a free press to uncover and help stop these programs for the most part.