Nicholas F. Benton: The 2002 Taft Memo on Torture




President Obama has not ruled out potential criminal prosecution of former high-level Bush administration officials if the attorney general establishes that laws were broken in the sanctioning and ordering of water boarding and other forms of torture.

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Nicholas F. Benton: The 2002 Taft Memo on Torture

President Obama has not ruled out potential criminal prosecution of former high-level Bush administration officials if the attorney general establishes…
Webb Says Afghanistan is Beset With Logistical Woe

Webb Says Afghanistan is Beset With Logistical Woe

Virginia U.S. Senator James Webb told the monthly breakfast meeting of the Northern Virginia Democratic Business Council in Falls Church…

Delegate Jim Scott's Richmond Report

The 2009 session of the Virginia General Assembly is nearing its scheduled end 45 days after it began. (more…)

Helen Thomas: Obama Learns The Limits Of Bipartisan Overtures

WASHINGTON — President Obama should stop trying to win over Republican lawmakers in Congress. (more…)

Nicholas F. Benton: Hillary: A Champion Of Women, Globally

Sen. Hillary Clinton’s tour-de-force in the confirmation hearing on her appointment as Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations…

Helen Thomas: Bush Countdown Begins

WASHINGTON – President Bush needs no reminder that his White House days are dwindling down. (more…)

Helen Thomas: Change: It's Coming

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is getting a lot of advice on how to govern when he takes office on…

Helen Thomas: Democracy Is the Real Winner

WASHINGTON – Democracy is the real winner in this week’s presidential election, when American voters made history. (more…)

Nicholas F. Benton: Why McCain Has Nothing to Say

The McCain campaign descended in the last week from nastiness toward an almost cartoon-like caricature of reality, in the face…

Congressman Moran's News Commentary

As we enter the final stretch of the electoral season, what can be learned from the past eight years?-a period…

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