By now I'm certain all of you have seen the news that the CIA destroyed hundreds of hours of video tapes showing the detainment, questioning, and torture of two al... [More]
December 8, 2007
DOJ Announces CIA Tape Investigation
This story is moving very, very quickly. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department and CIA announced a joint inquiry Saturday into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes of interrogations of... [More]
December 9, 2007
They All Knew
UPDATE: One caveat is in order here.... Before we take this article at face value - something I clearly do below - we must keep in mind the sourcing: "two... [More]
December 10, 2007
A Nonsensical Defense For Silence
As I was writing my previous post about the responsibilities of congress when confronted with concrete evidence of executive lawbreaking, I overlooked what must be the single most obvious option... [More]
Pelosi Speaks
Speaker Pelosi weighs in on what she knew and shen she knew it: "On one occasion, in the fall of 2002, I was briefed on interrogation techniques the Administration was... [More]
Standing Up, Standing Tall
This is how you stand up. In today's LA Times, Morris D. Davis, the former chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions, explains his decision to resign his commission... [More]
December 12, 2007
Not Worse, But Expected
Andrew Sullivan notes an important exchange from yesterday's Senate hearings: Senator Lindsey Graham: You mean you're not equipped to give a legal opinion as to whether or not Iranian military... [More]
December 13, 2007
More of the "Worst of the Worst" Sent Home
Rumsfeld once defended Gitmo by saying that it was the place we sent the "worst of the worst." Today, the AP reports that another 15 men were sent back to... [More]
Banning Waterboarding
The House just voted to make waterboarding illegal. Of course, we all know that it already was illegal - how else to explain instances where we have prosecuted people for... [More]
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