Call a spade a spade and a Nazi punk a Nazi punk

(Via Andrew Sullivan)

You asked

"Second, of course, the hideous term: "enhanced interrogation techniques.' I'm not sure where exactly this came from..."

Well, "enhanced interrogation techniques" is a fairly decent English translation of the Gestapo euphemism "verschaerfte Vernehmung" which was the code word for torture in the Third Reich. Look it up.