In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use
The top officials he briefed did not learn that waterboarding had been prosecuted by the United States in war-crimes trials after World War II and was a well-documented favorite of despotic governments since the Spanish Inquisition; one waterboard used under Pol Pot was even on display at the genocide museum in Cambodia. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Obama gave the go ahead yesterday at the White House, sitting with the King of Jordan, to AG Holder to go after the big boys. The ones, such as Yoo and Tenet, who came up with this torture idea.