Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Editorials on Torture in Iraq
You don't often see this much righteous indignation from editorial boards. I'd say this story has legs.
Washington Post editorial: "Perhaps the president's lawyers have no interest in the global impact of their policies -- but they should be concerned about the treatment of American servicemen and civilians in foreign countries."
New York Times editorial: "What we have seen, topped by that legalistic treatise on torture, shows clearly that Mr. Bush set the tone for this dreadful situation by pasting a false 'war on terrorism' label on the invasion of Iraq."
Los Angeles Times editorial: "The Bush administration's Justice Department turned the Constitution on its head by telling the White House in an August 2002 memo -- written nearly a year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- not only that torture 'may be justified' but that laws against torture 'may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations' in the U.S. war on terror."
Washington Post editorial: "Perhaps the president's lawyers have no interest in the global impact of their policies -- but they should be concerned about the treatment of American servicemen and civilians in foreign countries."
New York Times editorial: "What we have seen, topped by that legalistic treatise on torture, shows clearly that Mr. Bush set the tone for this dreadful situation by pasting a false 'war on terrorism' label on the invasion of Iraq."
Los Angeles Times editorial: "The Bush administration's Justice Department turned the Constitution on its head by telling the White House in an August 2002 memo -- written nearly a year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- not only that torture 'may be justified' but that laws against torture 'may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations' in the U.S. war on terror."
