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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY

35% of Americans polled believed that torture was acceptable under some circumstances.

Murdered detainee, Abu Ghraib

Even after the Abu Ghraib photographs.  And I think that shows the way that this kind of popular culture has built a constituency for torture ...

which allows the Bush White House to get away with the way it twists laws and treaties ...

and doesn't spark popular outrage.

[Narrator]  On a conservative radio show, Vice-President Dick Cheney openly defended the practice of waterboarding.

[Scott Hennen, WDAY North Dakota]  Would you agree, a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?

[Dick Cheney, Vice President] Well, um, it's a no-brainer for me ...

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