1.0 link 189689 <![CDATA[Press Reduces Torture Investigations Into Partisan Warfare]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/21/press-reduce-torture-inve_n_189689.html News that President Obama is open to having an independent commission investigate the use of torture during the Bush years is undoubtedly the story of the day, with implications extending back to the previous administration and far into the future.

In the aftermath of the president's statement, however, the preponderance of attention has been spent on political minutia as opposed to the policy details. The media, in particular, focused almost exclusively on two specific angles: had Obama cowered to those liberal...

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