My shame: this question is asked!

So Is Waterboarding Torture?...

Why must we ask this question?

Full headline:
So Is Waterboarding Torture? Mukasey may never say
By PHILIP SHENON, NYT
Published: January 26, 2008
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey suggested Friday that he might never provide an answer to the question that threatened his Senate confirmation last year: Does the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding amount to torture?

I am ashamed of my country.

Stop the madness!