Mission Accomplished

As we did with Jose Padilla, our top ally is learning that torture hinders, not helps, the war on terror...

Torture evidence inadmissible in UK courts, Lords rules (Guardian - UK)

Evidence that may have been obtained by torture cannot be used against terror suspects in British courts, the House of Lords ruled today.

A panel of seven Law Lords voted unanimously to allow an appeal by eight detainees who are being held without charge on suspicion of being involved in terrorism, against a controversial Court of Appeal judgment passed in August 2004...

Also- Andrew Sullivan has an article in New Republic on torture:
WINNING THE WAR ON TERRORISM WITHOUT SACRIFICING FREEDOM.-
The Abolition of Torture

And he had this to say about John Bolton's declaration that "it is inappropriate and illegitimate for an international civil servant to second-guess the conduct that we're engaged in in the war on terror, with nothing more as evidence than what she reads in the newspapers."-

Sullivan: "Bolton is surely aware that the evidence that the U.S. has engaged in torture, and 'cruel, inhuman and degrading' treatment of detainees may be found in more than just the newspapers... [W]hen you have bungled a war this badly, and committed war-crimes in the process, what would Bolton have us do? Trust, sadly, is no longer an option. It no longer became an option the minute looting broke out in Iraq and the secretary of defense, responsible for maintaining order in a country he had just invaded, shrugged his shoulders. From that moment of complete and proud dereliction of duty, we were on notice that these people couldn't be trusted."

Once again Andrew hits the nail on the head on this issue.