Interrogators graciously let ‘off the hook’

Dick Cheney tells the terrorists that protecting the country’s security is “a tough, mean, dirty, nasty business.”

The present incumbent of the White House tells the terrorists that interrogation tactics adopted by the former administration “undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer”.

Questions:

Which statement do the college professors get most encouragement from?

Which statement do the terrorists get most encouragement from?