Best Lede from Discover Magazine

"Sleep deprivation. Stress positions. Waterboarding. These interrogation techniques used by the Bush administration in the war on terror were explained, at the time, as harsh but necessary tactics that forced captives to give up names, plots, and other information. But a new look at the neurobiological effects of prolonged stress on the brain suggests that torture damages the memory, and therefore often produces bad intelligence."

I loved this lede from an article at Discover Magazine. The lede begins with a list of interrogation techniques that most of us are well aware of after the Bush administration, so it draws the reader in wanting to read more and understand more about the topic. The last sentence is interesting and makes me want to continue reading the article. If the torture interrogation techniques can possibly cause memory loss then somebody should tell Dick Cheney.