Although nothing about our nation's legal obligation to prosecute (or extradite) torturers was mentioned, the April 29 exchange between President Obama and reporter Jake Tapper suggests a criminal investigation is inevitable. Obama flatly stated that waterboarding is torture and referred to the Bush administration's sanctioning of the interrogation technique as "a mistake."
On his blog, Marc Cooper shares the thoughts of two friends who believe Obama "is playing this like a virtuoso, that he remains two steps ahead...
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