Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/politics/23legal.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=charlie%20savage&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Subject: re: Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles
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To the Editor:

   Mr. Savage takes us through the looking glass to a realm where torturers aren't culpable because they acted on legal counsel and lawyers aren't culpable because they didn't torture. Presto! No one is responsible for anything--except for Article II, section three of our constitution that holds the president of the United States responsible to " take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed".  Even if the circular logic of the Bush regime can absolve both the torturers and those who sanctioned their torture, responsibility ultimately rests with the chief executive.

Barry Levine