One argument lodged by those opposed to releasing Tuesday's horrifying Senate report on the CIA's interrogation methods is that its findings would inflame anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world and incite violence against American targets.

That narrative, as Daniel Drezner detailed in The Washington Post, was embraced by the State Department, some Republican lawmakers, and a number of former officials in the intelligence community. "There is no shortage of U.S. foreign policy actions and inactions in the region to inflame enemies," Drezner concluded. "The Senate report is small potatoes compared to that."

How can you call the islamic state barbaric? Look at the psycopaths in your prisons torturing people with methods never seen in history. — Abu Bakr Al 3raqi (@dodo1924d) December 9, 2014

On Tuesday, he was echoed by Senator John McCain, who, in a speech from the Senate floor, added that "the entire world already knows that we waterboarded prisoners. It knows we subjected prisoners to various other types of degrading treatment. It knows we used black sites, secret prisons. Those practices haven’t been a secret for a decade."

One day after the release of the report, massive riots and violent attacks on American installations abroad have yet to materialize. However, the less immediate fear that the Senate report could provide recruiters from jihadist groups, including the Islamic State, with additional propaganda material is being realized.