Legal Commentary

GOP Intelligence Ranking Member Calls For Release Of Torture Info

By Big Tent Democrat

The Hill reports:

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) has called on the intelligence community to declassify documents showing what certain members of Congress were told about harsh interrogation techniques employed in the war on terrorism.

. . . Hoekstra's letter is the latest step in a campaign to associate Pelosi with the harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. The hope is to tie up potential probes into Bush administration officials over what some on the left call wrongdoing during the war on terrorism.

Hoekstra says "The American people should be given the full picture on what was known and agreed to on Capitol Hill on a bipartisan basis about the enhanced interrogation program[.]” Sounds good to me. Time for a Truth Commission.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).