NO COSTLESS CLEAN-UP OF THE BUSH-ERA, NO MATTER WHAT THE REGIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS
Senator Lindsey Graham probably lied, the day before yesterday, when he said at the torture hearings that waterboarding was now illegal in America, implying it is not forward-looking to discuss it. I do not believe that is the current state of the law. Still checking, but so far, ...
Also, it is worth remembering:
- Obama voted against the Military Commissions Act, with its retroactive immunity.
- Obama voted against retroactive immunity for the Telcos.
What the Obama team may need is a clearer vision of what they want to transition to, which could take some more time, frankly, and, afterwards, a program to cast the clean-up of the Bush-era as a (a) a clean-up and (b) not a costless clean-up.
