Bush Office of Legal Counsel

The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable -- A Must-Read.

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

William Fisher

In chillingly uncomplicated prose, Cole argues that these memos are the real "smoking gun" in the torture controversy because they demonstrate that the culpability lies not merely with the CIA interrogators.

E-Mails Show How Cheney Forced DOJ Lawyers To Approve Torture

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Three newly-disclosed Justice Department e-mails thoroughly vindicate the most cynical suspicions about how former vice president Dick Cheney bent ost...

Torture, Truth and Accountability

Elizabeth Goitein | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Goitein

We now know that the U.S. government embraced policies that violated the law and our most fundamental shared values. A massive system failure must have occurred within every branch of government.