“Dirty Laundry” by special guest artist Colleen Nelson.
A lot has happened since we first started bloviating about this. Depending on your view of Obama, he either a) Tried to sanitize the situation by releasing the memos but promising not to prosecute CIA agents who tortured “in good faith” (!!!) or b) knew that once the memos were out, the shit would hit the fan wthout it looking like he threw it. Regardless of his intentions, the shit has hit the fan, and a good thing, too. We are, finally, a nation where this kind of shit will not stay swept under the rug and good for us!
I’d like to put in my 2 cents here: The anti-investigation crowd is framing this as “looking forward” vs. “retribution”. This is pure spin. If you like it, you call it “justice” or “accountability”. If you don’t like it, you call it “retribution.” The point is not retribution — as emotionally satisfying as that might be. The point is deterrence. And deterrence is “looking forward”. It’s looking forward to 2017 or 2035 when some yet-unkown President is once again tempted to grab un-Constitutional powers. I want him (or her) and his henchmen (or women) to stop and think. I want them all to think, “Wait a minute. We could go to jail for this.” That, my friends, is looking forward.