Torture, Memos, The Politics, And The Gathering Intelligence -- News Updates And Commentaries

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, shown during a news conference earlier this month, said last week she had been briefed on 'enhanced interrogation' of terrorism suspects but was not aware at the time that waterboarding, or simulated drowning, was being practiced. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP)

Who Attended ‘Torture’ Briefings? A GOP Lawmaker Wants To Know. -- Christian Science Monitor

Rep. Peter Hoekstra seeks full disclosure about who on Capitol Hill knew about US interrogation methods – a move that may put certain Democrats on the spot.

President Obama’s decision to make public four Bush-era memos authorizing “enhanced interrogation techniques” of terrorist suspects is now putting key Democrats on the spot, too.

The top Republican on the House intelligence committee is calling for the release of the names all members of Congress briefed on these techniques, as well as the substance of those briefings.

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More News On Torture, Memos, And Gathering Intelligence

Pelosi playing defense on torture -- Politico
The Left Pushes For a CIA Inquiry But They Should Be Careful What They Wish For -- FOX News
FBI agent 'got valuable information without torture' -- The Telegraph
I got key information from terror suspects WITHOUT torture, says former FBI man in row with CIA -- Daily Mail
CIA ignored warnings from US soldiers that torture and extreme stress would not work -- the Daily Telegraph
Did CIA 'enhanced interrogation techniques' work or not? -- Christian Science Monitor
Court rebuffs feds, reinstates torture suit -- San Francisco Chronicle
Appeals Court Reinstates Torture Case Previously Dismissed on ‘State Secrets’ Grounds -- Washington Independent
New evidence of a secret torture prison -- Salon

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Torture and the 'Truth Commission' -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Janus-faced flashback -- Washington Times editorial
On Higher Ground, but Not Safer
-- Washington Post opinion
How to proceed with torture inquiry -- Miami Herald opinion
Loose lips or loose pics -- Washington Times
Damnation of Memory -- National Review
Cracking KSM -- National Review
Why We Must Prosecute -- Washington Post