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"Senator calls for 'truth commission' to probe Bush-era interrogations; Sheldon Whitehouse says officials apparently used twisted interpretations of the law to justify harsh tactics such as waterboarding"

"Senator calls for 'truth commission' to probe Bush-era interrogations; Sheldon Whitehouse says officials apparently used twisted interpretations of the law to justify harsh tactics such as waterboarding; A GOP colleague suggests that Democrats are just playing politics": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Providence (R.I.) Journal reports today that "Whitehouse conducts Senate hearing on torture."

The Washington Post reports that "Ex-Official Testifies About Efforts to Halt Harsh Tactics; Partisan Attacks Pepper Senate Hearing."

Gail Russell Chaddock of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Congress inches toward 'truth commission' for torture probe; Democrats and Republicans are finding little common ground, leading some Senators to say an independent investigator is needed."

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that "Senate testimony sheds light on alleged torture." In addition, Carlos Villarreal and Sharon Adams have an op-ed entitled "State Bar should discipline William J. Haynes," while William T. Coleman Jr. has an op-ed entitled "Case against William J. Haynes unfounded."

McClatchy Newspapers report that "FBI interrogator calls harsh techniques 'ineffective.'"

The Washington Times contains an article headlined "Rice aide: Interrogation methods a mistake; Blames both parties for its use."

Politico.com reports that "Democrats push back on GOP allegations."

And in The Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove has an op-ed entitled "Congress and Waterboarding: Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to 'torture.'"

You can view yesterday's hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts -- titled "What Went Wrong: Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration" -- by clicking here (RealPlayer required) or here (via C-SPAN).

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).