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Both of them are professionals, and should have known better than to abandon long-standing American principles.

Yes, I am sort of a public defender for the Guantanamo military commissions. Before that I did death penalty cases. About 10 years ago, I figured out that I have almost no control over events. Sometimes people who deserve punishment are released; sometimes people who do not deserve it are imprisoned or executed.
Instead of outcomes tomorrow, I concentrate on doing beautiful work today. That helps manage stress, and increases my professional satisfaction.

Yes, although I think it may take a long time. Argentina recently prosecuted torture from the 1970s.

Actually, I don't know. We have not received discovery on this point yet. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the CIA have differed sharply on what information emerged and the sequence of events. Until we see the underlying information and not just the spin, we can't know.

No. The US has never provided any compensation to any detainee, although some other countries have. The government has blocked all lawsuits for compensation in the US under the state secrets doctrine.