February 14, 2008
Torture
I continue to despair about the U.S. use of torture. Nick Kristof's column "When We Torture" (2/14/08) certainly pricks my conscience. I wish there were louder voices joining together on this everywhere.
The senate just passed bill prohibiting water-boarding, the president has promised to veto it. The justice department's office of legal counsel now says that they haven't determined that waterboarding is legal. Of course, the other half of that is missing: they haven't determined that it illegal either.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/opinion/14kristof.html?hp
Will a new president bring relief? There is reason for hope.
Posted by Andy Blackadar at 09:22 AM | Comments (0)
