Friday, April 17, 2009

Isn't "Laying blame for the past" what we used to think of as "justice"?

by Howard Rodman on HuffPo

President Obama did something which should be commonplace but which, in this terrible time, is now thought of as optional for high officials, which is to say, he obeyed the law. The law in this case required him, in response to an ACLU lawsuit, to disclose the Torture Memos, prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel under the Bush administration. (It is a sad testimony that doing as the law requires is, in our political climate, an act of bravery.)

... more after the click.

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