We need simple adherence to the plain English of Article 3. We haven't gotten it. The vagueness of this announcement isn't very helpful, and renders actual analysis impossible. -ASI agree that analysis is impossible.
As it is written, the EO defines putative U.S. practice, not a U.S. policy.
For whatever reason, this Administration is just unwilling to step fully outside the circle.
Given that Cheney exempts himself from standing Exec Orders saying that he is not part of the Exec branch, why should we believe this President? His EO's aren't worth the paper they are collected on.
(Who is willing to bet along with me that Cheney is covering his tracks right now, having hundreds of documents 'reclassified', IF that is, in fact, another way to mask his actions and still end up eventually complying with a disclosure of his office's role in intelligence ... policy *cough*, these last five years).
Nothing will change on torture until the GOP is out of office, I don't think.
Expect that Giuliani will love this Exec Order and love John Yoo, enough to rehire him or to find someone just like him. I mean that quite seriously. We could trust McCain. Romney - who knows?
