Just needed to round up a few links from over the weekend, and echo a few points made by those far more eloquent then my self. Then I can step away for a while.
Torture is illegal. Whether it was effective or not is irrelevant in the eyes of the Law.
Whether investigations should be started or not, is solely a function of whether a crime was committed. This is not a political consideration. This is not a witch-hunt. It is a cornerstone of our republic that, the Law treats its citizens equally. Whether you be king or pauper, you should be treated the same under our system. If a law is broken, then it should be investigated. If there is a defense that is offered then that should be heard for by a court. We do not get to pick and chose which laws we follow and which we get to ignore, at least that is the case for most of the population.
The ability of the media and the political elite to obscure this point is down right infuriating. But then I guess if you have culpability in a thing, you would be the last individual who would want that thing investigated. To turn it in to strictly partisan terms makes it far easier to attack.
As always Glenn Greenwald (here and here), Joan Walsh, Hilzoy, Paul Krugman, Eugene Robinson and Andrew Sullivan say it better.
But I think Greenwald offers up the perfect distillation of how the media and power elite conspire together with this statement.
I am really not sure, how after watching this "debate", you can come to any other conclusion.When poor and ordinary Americans who commit crimes are prosecuted and imprisoned, that is Justice.
When the same thing is done to Washington elites, that is Ugly Retribution.
-Cheers
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