Cowardice in the Time of Torture
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McGovern highlights the cowardice of Holder and Powell in their fear of talking straight about torture and their apparent fear of prosecuting Bush war criminals.
No one is above the law. The law requires prosecution of the crime against humanity of ordering and conducting torture.
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