Ethics

Badass Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

From Mark Kleinman, a longtime Defense Department interrogator and one of three experienced interrogators from the FBI, the DOD and the CIA to sign a letter to congress demanding a full investigation of the Bush torture regime, including the attorneys who provided the legal cover for it:

"I've had the honor of testifying before four committees of Congress, and I am always astounded at the profound political partisan politics that surround this issue. I'm a professional interrogator. I have 25 years of experience in this, and I don't have any concern whatsoever that an investigation into how we conducted ourselves since 9/11 would in any way undermine our ability to continue gathering intelligence."

But Dick Cheney, armchair quarterback ordering torture from the safety of his undisclosed location, disagrees. Which one do you believe?

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 12, 2009 (boomark / email).