Ken
O’Brien
The New York Times editorial board has called on
President Barack Obama and the Justice Department to launch a criminal
investigation into the CIA's use of torture, in a scathing editorial published
Sunday.
The board demanded that the investigation look into
involvement of former Vice President Dick Cheney, as well as several other
former Bush officials, with regards to the Senate Intelligence Committee's
report detailing the CIA's post-Sept. 11 torture program. The 500-page report,
released in early December, examined the tactics inflicted upon terrorism
suspects, whom interrogators waterboarded to the point of near drowning and
rectally rehydrated.
Below is the New York Times editorial. What do you
think?
