AND JUST TO MAKE THE OBVIOUS CHRONOLOGY POINT

Washington Post:

The [Senate Armed Services Committee torture] report shows Pentagon officials reaching out to the military agency for advice on interrogations as early as December 2001...

Salon:

The report details how abusive interrogations began. "In December 2001," the report says, "the DOD General Counsel's office contacted the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for information about detainee 'exploitation.'"

December 2001?

Oh well, I guess it's not as if the Defense Department had anything more important to focus on that month....