Legal Commentary

WaPo Editorial Calls For Torture Investigations

By Big Tent Democrat

Even Fred Hiatt wants investigations of the Bush Administration's torture activities:

[T]he decision to forgo prosecutions should not prevent -- and perhaps should even encourage -- further investigation about the circumstances that gave rise to torture. . . . More light needs to be shed on how decisions were made and why. And more information is needed on who in the Bush administration made the ultimate decision to authorize the use of techniques that have long been considered torture and a violation of domestic and international legal strictures. A commission like the one that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks would likely provide the best vehicle for such an exploration.

At a bare minimum, the Obama Administration should support Senator Patrick Leahy's Truth Commission idea.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 17, 2009 (boomark / email).