It's so hard to find a true friend.
First step is to come up with an idea which you wish to prove true. For instance, that Iraq had a partnership with Al-Qeada, or perhaps, equally plausible to those that know better, that the moon is made of green cheese...
Second step is to torture someone until they testify that all your ideas are true. I'm guessing that if I were being tortured I might just agree that the moon is indeed a green cheese ball that I've personally tasted, enjoyed, and shared with my family of terrorist relatives... if that's what you wanted to hear.
Third step is to ignore all non-tortured testimony to the contrary. If we simply ask someone outside of a torture chamber about green moon cheese, how can we be sure they are motivated to tell us what we want to hear after all? No, it's best that only tortured testimony is allowed, because it always comes out, very neatly, our way.
Fourth step is to assert that only tortured testimony is reliable. Well, this is fun... I just classify, fire, berate, hackle, imprison, libel, hound and mostly scare all those who don't believe that my green moon cheese feeds terrorists!
Now, torture is your friend.
... your only friend... DICK