Legal Commentary

Why The Torture Issue Can't Be Swept Under The Rug, Part II

By Big Tent Democrat

The NYTimes published an editorial today that explains why the torture issue can not be swept under the rug:

We have heard a lot of talk about how the country needs to look forward and not backward. We certainly would like to forget the horrors of the last eight years. But you cannot fix something before you know exactly how it is broken. The clandestine system Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have built will not give up its secrets easily.

To ensure that the abuses stop, Mr. Obama and his administration will have to work hard to find out all that has happened. They will have to locate and override all of the policy memos, directives and executive orders that have redefined and condoned torture and other abuses. . . .

The question now is plain - DOES the Obama Administration wish to "ensure that the abuses stop?" Let's hope it does. In any event, we must demand that all necessary steps are taken to "ensure that the abuses stop."

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 18, 2009 (boomark / email).