http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17230
It's from July 15, so it's not new. But it's sickening to think that
while we decry the acts of torture by other countries our own leaders
are doing backflips to justify doing it themselves. The article cites
several memos and legal arguments. Here's a sample:
"In order to respect the President's inherent constitutional authority
to manage a military campaign,... (the prohibition against torture)
must be construed as inapplicable to interrogations undertaken
pursuant to his Commander-in-Chief authority.... Congress may no more
regulate the President's ability to detain and interrogate enemy
combatants than it may regulate his ability to direct troop movements
on the battlefield.... Any effort by Congress to regulate the
interrogation of unlawful combatants [terrorists] would violate the
Constitution's sole vesting of the Commander-in-Chief authority in the
President."
-Kevin
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