Former military interrogator says torture cost hundreds ‘if not thousands’ of American lives

Raw Story » Former military interrogator says torture cost hundreds ‘if not thousands’ of American lives:

"‘Cheney,’ said Alexander, ‘fundamentally misunderstands the way America is viewed around the world,’ a reporter who reviewed the video wrote Tuesday. ‘The American principles of freedom and democracy are cherished in the Muslim world and the idea, at least, of America is still a seductive one. But it is the behavior of the Bush administration at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and secret prisons around the globe that undercuts that image, allowing Al Qaeda to make the argument that America isn’t what it stands for.’"