Month: April 2009

Crossposted from The Sanctuary Torture has been in the news lately, masquerading in the Witness Protection Program under the alias “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” and “not-torture”, but there are too...

She did it to me again. Every time, I tell myself that I’m not going to let the mindless blather that dribbles from Peggy Noonan’s lips set me off. Every time, I tell myself it’s going to be the last time....

Pat Lang asks a simple question: “I was ordered to…” has been a a discredited and unacceptable basis for a defense in war crimes trial since the trials of the Nazis at Nuremberg.  “Things were...

so confident am I there will be NO significant indictments or prison for main bu$hco members responsible for torture; I have a standing bet with anyone who disagrees with me. $500. TAKERS??? payable to Habitat for Humanity....

Daily Kos diarist, drational, has an excellent piece up on the recommended list over there that looks at the OLC memos from the perspective of a medical doctor. The interesting insight he provides is that the OLC’s legal...