By now, anyone keeping up with the news has heard that former Vice President Dick Cheney (the king of secrets) wants the Obama administration to declassify MORE memos about torture.
The recently released memos show how the Bush administration lawyers justified torture. Cheney wants CIA memos that show how torture was effective because it led the U.S. to knowledge that allowed the CIA (or whomever) to foil terrorist plots. Journalists (at least in the news that I've seen, CNN & FOX are two) are building their coverage around pundits on either side.
THIS COVERAGE IS IRRELEVANT!
Torture is ILLEGAL under U.S. law, no matter what the pundits say. The reasons don't matter.
Torture is illegal whether it is done to foil terrorists or if it is done because the torturers just enjoy torturing people.
More later,
Russ
