Thanks to anonymous for your comments. Yes, President Cooper's plans will be ongoing in the sequel. His plans are all geared of course toward world dominion, however, he used parts of the program to train Stearns for his mission to the past - also ongoing in the sequel. As to the torture, Yes, I also believe that all expressions of evil are foretastes of hell. The more blatant and horrific the evil, the nearer hell it is. Satan moves those who will cooperate to release hell here and now as much as possible (his kingdom come on earth as it is in - well, you get the idea!). Cooper is pretty cooperative.