Monday, June 07, 2004
A NEW LOW Billmon directs us to this Wall Street Journal article about a 2003 Justice Department memo on torture.
And just to make it clear that I haven't taken the article out of context, here's the whole sentence:
Remember, this was written, allegedly, at the Justice Department.
Among the memo's Orwellian clauses:
Authority to set aside the laws is "inherent in the president."
And just to make it clear that I haven't taken the article out of context, here's the whole sentence:
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."
Remember, this was written, allegedly, at the Justice Department.
Anyone else speechless?
UPDATE: Joshua Marshall informs us that the entire memo is now available (as a .PDF file) here.
