Suhweet -- most excellent to see this right there in the Grey Lady. (and a quick search hasn't turned up any other recent diaries on the NYT piece).
There's a great diary on the reclist right now saying the BBC is reporting this, and a few comments in it asking why US corporate media isn't saying it -- but apparently, they were just a little slow, and they're right on it now. good to see -- not that i trust corp. media much (never will after their obsequiousness during the buildup to the Iraq Invasion), but it is what most Americans see, and they generally do have to cover their rear to some minimal degree.
This matters a lot to a lot of us, as I comment in the rec'd diary:
Curious about responses from Valtin etc.
This is encouraging -- very much so. I'm curious about responses from Valtin, Budhydarma, Meteor Blades, Something the Dog Said and other Kossacks who have posted about this in recent times and who have a long history of working on the torture issue, and who i trust on this (because i cannot stay up on all the ins and outs on a regular basis, right now).
Hopefully we'll be seeing more like, and on, this -- because there is some i think rightful distrust in some of the above comments, and as others have said (and i've commented in other diaries on of late as well) -- lots of issues matter and such, but this one is the "bright line". One that cannot be crossed without many (all?) of us losing some fundamental faith in this Admin. i do have some patience, which appears to be being rewarded here -- but it is finite, too.
Good to hear.