Torture Memos Expose Dark, Imperial Presidency
InformationClearingHouse.info / Robert S. Becker, Ph.D.‚
30-Apr-2009

This was not a happy week for the torture lobby, nor its defenders, derailing months of charm offensive by Bush-Cheney legacy boosters. A wary President Obama backed off attempts to defuse the torture parade – fretting over divisive investigations and hard-to-win court convictions. Public indignation likely surpassed February polling when 65% favored torture investigations, 40% criminal prosecutions.

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