Unbelievably, over on the Faux News website they have a top link going to Judge Andrew Napolitano's "Five Things You Should Know About the 'Torture' Memos."
I'm shocked Fox isn't standing fully behind the cretins in the last administration. Seriously shocked after having the Dark Ass himself on last night with Hannity.
This is not rocket science and it is not art. Everyone knows torture when they see it.
Judge Napolitano sets out in easy to read language why Holder no longer really has a choice about prosecuting. Let's hope he's right.
Some highlights here but to read the entire (pretty short) brief go here.
The bias in favor of permitting torture may easily be concluded from a footnote in one of the memos. In that footnote, the author, now-federal judge Jay Bybee, declines to characterize such notorious medieval torture techniques as the thumbscrew and the rack as "torture." With that incredible mindset, he proceeds to do his Orwellian best to define away such terms as "pain," "suffering," and "inhumane" in such a way as to require that the interrogators produce near death experiences in order to have their behavior come under the proscriptions of the federal statute prohibiting torture, and the Convention (treaty) Against Torture, which was negotiated by and signed in behalf of the U.S. by President George H.W. Bush.
The memos place Attorney General Holder, who argued for their release, in an untenable situation. He has stated under oath, at his confirmation hearings, that waterboarding is torture and torture is prohibited by numerous federal laws. He has also taken an oath to uphold all federal laws, not just those that are politically expedient from time to time. He is correct and he must do his moral and legal duty to reject any Nuremberg defense. This is not rocket science and it is not art. Everyone knows torture when they see it; and no amount of twisted logic can detract from its illegal horror, its moral antipathy, and its attack at core American values.
I'm about to leave work or I would wade into the comments and snag some juicy quotes. Maybe later. Thought y'all would enjoy this though.