So maybe some good is coming out the "what did Pelosi know?" sideshow.
As you can see in the video, GOPers like Michael Steele, John Boehner, Karl Rove, and Newt Gingrich are all calling for further investigation into when Speaker Pelosi learned about the Bush administration's torture program, and what she did to try and stop it.
Not only does this implicitly recognize that the Bush administration did in fact engage in torture, it also means that the calls for investigations of torture are now bipartisan.
The fact that Republicans are now on record supporting torture investigations may be an unexpected development, but it is an unexpected development that should be welcomed. It's true that the new GOP calls for investigations are fairly partisan in nature, but that doesn't change the fact they have made them, and at this point they can't credibly say only Democrats should be investigated.
To say no to an independent non-political investigation -- either by a commission or by a special prosecutor -- would be kicking a gift horse in the mouth. There can be no better way to finally put this stuff behind us than by getting the truth on the table, taking whatever corrective actions the law may require, and then moving on.