On March 26, the British government launched a criminal investigation to determine whether British intelligence officers were involved in the torture of a British resident detained by the United States.

While the British are seeking to restore international respect for their nation by adhering to the rule of law, President Obama is “looking forward” and Attorney General Eric Holder is twiddling his thumbs.  On March 15, the world read leaked details from an International Committee of the Red Cross report concluding that the treatment to which detainees were subjected while under the control of the CIA “constituted torture.”  Was this enough to spur Holder to act?  Shockingly, no.

Is this what we have become?  Are we, as a nation, going to do nothing about the fact that our leaders authorized and employed torture?  If President Obama and Attorney General Holder refuse to launch a criminal investigation, then they are accessories after the fact in the torture themselves.  They are no better or worse than individuals like John Yoo, who bent the law to allow the torture in the first place.

It is time for a criminal investigation led by the Department of Justice, with prosecutions where it is found that the laws of the United States have been violated.

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