re: #81 VioletTiger

No matter what side of the argument you take, you have to question the wisdom of airing the dirty laundry. We have troops in harms way. We have terrorists just waiting for an ‘excuse’ to hit us again. So let’s give the people who hate us a banner to rally around???
This is a nasty political move and no good can come from it. We can decide as a nation that we don’t want certain interrogation techniques, but to try and prosecute those who did their best to keep us safe makes no sense to me.

Agreed. But “dirty laundry” needs to be washed sooner or later, doesn’t it?
It’s a thorny issue, but I don’t see any good from brushing it under the rug, and I see LOTS of damage in the future if it seems that the government can basically do what it wants to whom it wants under the name of the GWOT (or whatever it’s called now).
I DO NOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THIS MUCH POWER.
Republican or Democrat, I say get it out in the open.
I want to know if the feds can do this to anyone, because if they can, they will do it to anyone.
Not to be a drama queen, but I think limits must be in place.
The other way lies real danger down the road, more than exposing it.