>“The American Embassy also comments and rejects the reports as innuendo. They are stating the United States ‘are not kidnapping and torturing on principle.’ This is a daring claim. Only seven months ago a commission made up of Democrats and Republicans called it ‘undeniable’ that the United States tortured inmates following the terror attacks of 2001. Even President Barack Obama said in 2009 that the American practice of waterboarding was torture.”<p>Schadenfreude is my favorite German loan word.
The title of the article makes it sound like the US has damaged ties with Germany. Apparently not:<p><i>“The worst part? Germany doesn’t even seem to mind.”</i>