torture up close and personal

Andrew Sullivan is very fond of the hairshirt, particularly on the subject of torture.

AllahPundit rubs it in when he describes how journalist Steve Harrigan from Fox News reacted after he asked to be waterboarded (to see how it felt):

He could barely get through his report, so shattered was he by the experience. By the end of the segment he’s reduced to sobbing and pointing to a copy of “The Conservative Soul” that he’s held up to the camera.

No, he was fine.

You can view the waterboarding video at the link.