Statement On U.S. Torture May Have Unexpected Fallout

"Our common humanity should be self-evident" ... Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base. Photograph: Brennan Linsley/PA (From The Guardian)

From International Herald Tribune:

WASHINGTON: Just 14 months ago, at his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, Michael Mukasey frustrated and angered some senators by refusing to state that waterboarding, the near-drowning technique used on three prisoners by the CIA, is in fact torture.

At his confirmation hearing over the past week, Eric Holder, the attorney general-designate, did not hesitate to express a clear view. He noted that waterboarding had been used to torment prisoners during the Inquisition, by the Japanese in World War II and in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

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My Comment: Elections have consequences. The incoming Obama administration has made it very clear that things are going to be different. Their public announcements have certainly have that very clear.

The monkey wrench that Eric Holder and President Obama have thrown into the Guantanamo process will have consequences. If they implement the closure of Guantanamo prison and transfer the prisoners to the U.S. legal system ..... we will clearly know what these consequences are in the next year or two.