New HBO Documentary on CIA Torture Has a John Le Carré Vibe

Alex Gibney’s ‘The Forever Prisoner’ plumbs CIA desperation to discredit FBI methods

The issue of torture has long resided in the realm of religion. Does it work? Is it efficient? Is it moral? A crime against humanity? People are going to believe, it seems, what they want to believe.

In poll after poll since the 9/11 attacks, a slim majority of Americans has said torture can be justified either “often” or at least “sometimes,” because, t…