Legal Commentary

The Torture Memos: The Day Before

By Big Tent Democrat

The day before the due date for the scheduled court ordered release (this is no voluntary act by the Obama Administration) of the torture memos, Sully writes:

The question before the president today is not whether to prosecute his predecessors for war crimes; it is simply whether to allow the memos that the Bush administration drew up describing in gruesome detail the torture techniques they authorized - or to cover them up. . . . If Obama, for some reason, decides to prevent us from seeing exactly what was done then he will achieve only one thing: he will tell the world that the US has indeed authorized and practised war crimes while simultaneously telling the world that America will not be accountable for it. He will betray all of us who supported him to restore the rule of law. . . . There is no compromise possible here, Mr president. Do the right thing.

We'll see tomorrow if we get to congratulate the President for complying with a court order or criticize him for defying such court order.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).