If Waterboarding is Really Torture, then Should Investigators Who Should Have Known Better Be Held Responsible?
Is Obama setting a bad precedent for the “I was just following orders excuse”?
In for a penny . . .
Doing so, however, would entail accepting a version of the “I was just following orders” defense. We have a record of taking a dim view of that defense; it wouldn’t work for you if you were a trigger man at Srebrenica or the gas master at Treblinka. In any case, the whole point of relative lenity for those at the bottom is that you are most concerned to come down as hard as possible on those higher up, the ones giving the orders and making the policy. The Justice Department didn’t order the agency to undertake interrogations in a particular way. It ruled on the permissibility of the requested techniques. Who gave what orders remains a mystery.
Lawcrime: The first thing we do, let’s prosecute all the lawyers. Tod Lindberg
View Points
Michelle Malkin » Justifiable uses for waterboarding, part VI Doug Powers
Pajamas Media » Pelosi Roasted by Waterboarding Revelations by Ryan Mauro
Democrats and Waterboarding – David Freddoso – The Corner on National Review Online
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