I learned a lot from this interview with British lawyer Philippe Sand on this Fresh Air radio episode. He provides fair and factual insights about the interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay, and the lack of responsibility from higher echelons of the Bush administration. Thoughtful and valuable information, with good context on this important issue.

This is a very deep, if highly speculative, discussion that leaves many important questions on the table. Sands names names of lawyers and officials within the Bush Administration who currently are afraid to leave the country for fear of investigation under the 1984 Torture Convention. He provides prescriptive information for the Obama Administration and discusses the obligations it faces to put the US's house in order. WHYY Radio is based in Delaware. Sands is a professor of law at University College London, where he directs the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals.