''Obama's most ardent supporters are split on whether he should prosecute Bush officials.''
I take it that you are on the do prosecute side, Josh. You, like everybody else is entitled to an opinion and I am glad you expressed it. Everybody having something to say makes for an interesting and lively discussion. 😉
That way Bush will be proven innocent or guilty and there will be no more shadow discussions about what he did or did not do and what punishments he should or should not receive.
I am sure there would still be discussions about it, unless the court is also going to rule a ban on these discussions.
Reply to this The detention center in Guantanamo Bay has become a euphemism for torture, but this reputation is undeserved. The CIA and other government agencies which operate there are held accountable by the government and do not treat the prisoners held there inhumanely, contrary to popular belief. The most serious allegation brought against the CIA in Guantanamo is the use of waterboarding. Waterboarding is a widely accepted method of interrogation and is endorsed by the CIA and the Justice Department. It is not a form of torture.
The CIA and the Justice Department are not in a position to determine the legal status of waterboarding any more than they are in a position to assign the term "enemy combatant" to avoid the inconvenience of treating them as a legally-protected prisoner of war. Determining legal status is the responsibility of judges, not of bureaucrats or politicians.
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