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"Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles"

"Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles": Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains a news analysis headlined "At Core of Detainee Fight: Did Methods Stop Attacks?"; an editorial entitled "In the Spirit of Openness"; and an op-ed by Ali Soufan entitled "My Tortured Decision."

Today's edition of The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined "Prosecuting 'torture memo' authors called 'a real stretch'; Legal experts say prosecutors would have to show that the Bush administration lawyers intentionally misstated the law against torture" and "Interrogation tactics got the OK early on; A Senate report says Bush administration officials signed off on CIA methods without the input of key agencies."

The Washington Post contains articles headlined "Harsh Methods Approved as Early as Summer 2002; Holder Declassifies Timeline of Actions by Top Bush Administration Officials Regarding Interrogation" and "Congress Debates Fresh Investigation Of Interrogations; White House Tries to Quell Controversy."

The Wall Street Journal reports that "Torture Cases Would Face Legal Hurdles." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Presidential Poison: His invitation to indict Bush officials will haunt Obama's Presidency." And U.S. Representative Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) has an op-ed entitled "Congress Knew About the Interrogations: Obama should release the memo on the attacks prevented."

USA Today contains an article headlined "Report: Waterboarding approved earlier; Justice memos came after White House OK of tactics."

McClatchy Newspapers have articles headlined "Document: Cheney, Rice signed off on interrogation techniques" and "Report: Abusive tactics used to seek Iraq-al Qaida link."

The Christian Science Monitor has articles headlined "Obama's torture memo two-step: The administration might want to move on from the issue, but there's pressure from progressive groups and congressional Democrats for further investigation" and "Report says top officials set tone for detainee abuse; Abusive interrogation techniques in Abu Ghraib followed approval of their use in Guantanamo, says a report by Senate Armed Services Committee."

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that "Pelosi backs anti-terror truth commission."

Bloomberg News reports that "Obama's Focus on Authors of Terror Memos Risks Political Furor."

In The Boston Globe, Harvey Silverglate has an op-ed entitled "On torture outrage, let's take a step back."

Online at Slate, John Dickerson has an essay entitled "One More Time, Please: The president is having trouble straightening out his position on torture."

And online at FindLaw, Michael C. Dorf has an essay entitled "Why President Obama Should Consider Pardoning those Who Designed, Authorized, and Carried Out the Bush Policy of Abusing Detainees."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).