" In sum, the Rumsfeld/Haynes techniques resulted in the very opposite of what their authors intended: They contributed to an extension of the conflict with al-Qaida and have endangered the very same national security they were meant to protect."

This pretty much destroys the arguments of the administration, and all of its supporters, within and without the government, regarding the efficacy of the Republican policies to protect the United States (and the free world) from terrorist threats; doesn't it?

I'm willing to bet that the same can be said of the U.S.A. Patriot Act in all of its incarnations.