It's a win win if your aim is to squander a nation's fortune on "security" measures, like referring people to gaddafi for torture. Using that method then forces you to spend billions fighting all the terrorism you've baited through your torture policy.
Bush/Obama's close cooperation with Gaddafi always gave lie to the "freedom spreading" claims. Our middle east policy is defined by very narrow financial interests, which, when they inevitably spark violence, trigger expensive and difficult military options.
The al Qaeda supporters who just killed Gaddafi will only be helping us continue the long tradition we started with support for Saudi Arabia, one of the most barbarous regimes in the world.