Conspiracy to torture

The Nation magazine devotes its December 26th issue to the torture debate. Read its overview of the topic here.

In the wake of Condi Rice's carefully parsed (and poorly received) remarks recently about U.S. "policy", it seems to me that now, more than ever, the time has come for a clear, definitive statement from the Administration opposing this most heinous of practices. As The Nation notes, "The acceptance of torture amounts to a crisis of democratic culture."

(Also, check out related articles by Anthony Lewis and Karen Greenberg.)