Caesar Rises

The Wall Street Journal discovers a Defence Department memo dating back to March last year, advising Don Rumsfeld how to get away with torture. Among such tasties as advising the Nuremberg defence ("I was only acting on orders!") is this statement:

"To protect subordinates should they be charged with torture, the memo advised that Mr. Bush issue a 'presidential directive or other writing' that could serve as evidence, since authority to set aside the laws is 'inherent in the president.'"

Discussed at The Intel Dump , Billmon, and and Josh Marshall, who suggests there is a time and a place, but only if Caesar is prepared to burn afterward.

Old special forces type Ken White says his piece here.

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