From Newsweek:We need to come to terms with not just who did what, but our collective complicity with their decisions.
The use of torture on suspected terrorists after 9/11 has already earned a place in American history's hall of shame, alongside the Alien and Sedition Acts, Japanese internment during WWII and the excesses of the McCarthy era. Even liberal societies seem to experience these authoritarian spasms from time to time. It is the aftermath of such episodes—what happens when a country comes to its senses—that reveals the most about a nation's character.
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My Comment: Comparing today's debate with past Government policy towards detaining Japanese-U.S. citizens is a stretch .... but the way things are going, everyone is trying to follow some template that makes sense.
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