Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) of Vermont speaks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) of California during a hearing Wednesday about the interrogation techniques used during the previous administration. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) From The Christian Science Monitor:
Democrats and Republicans are finding little common ground, leading some Senators to say an independent investigator is needed.
Congress is in danger of losing control of its own investigations into Bush-era “enhanced interrogation” methods – leading to calls for an independent “truth commission” to resolve the tough, increasingly partisan issues.
A Democrat-led Senate panel started the day intending to focus on a narrow issue: What role did a handful of Bush administration lawyers play in enabling interrogation tactics that critics say amount to torture?
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My Comment: This process has been completely politicized. The Democrats want to be selective in the process .... thereby insulating themselves from any culpability. Worse, the refusal of the Obama Administration to follow through on Vice President Cheney's request to release all documents on the results and information gleamed from the use of interrogation techniques further discredits both the White House and Congress's pursuit to find the "truth".
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