Bob Herbert, the exemplary columnist for the New York Times, has once again put the torture issue on the front burner.
Herbert's efforts to hold the Bush administration accountable deserve some sort of award, and the gratitude of everyone who is outraged at their own government's willingness to torture, even to murder, with apparent impunity.
Excerpt to follow.
Here's a taster from Herbert's column in today's NY Times:
The Bush administration is desperately trying to keep the full story from emerging. But there is no longer any doubt that prisoners seized by the U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere have been killed, tortured, sexually humiliated and otherwise grotesquely abused.
These atrocities have been carried out in an atmosphere in which administration officials have routinely behaved as though they were above the law, and thus accountable to no one. People have been rounded up, stripped, shackled, beaten, incarcerated and in some cases killed, without being offered even the semblance of due process. No charges. No lawyers. No appeals.
It may take a while, but thanks to Herbert, the ACLU, Human Rights First, and others, the truth will eventually emerge, and those responsible will eventually be held accountable.
Thank you, Bob Herbert, for being one of the few writers in the corporate media to keep hammering this issue!
