While Obama's efforts to remain at arm's length from the torture controversy, his previous disclosure of Bush administration Office of Legal Council memos set events in motion that have led to the above mentioned releases. From the NewYorkTimes, June 9, 2009:

Mr. Obama’s decision in April to release legal opinions from the Bush administration on interrogation, which were sought in a lawsuit, has opened the door to the disclosure of other documents...

The NYT article assigned the credit for the upcoming disclosures to the ACLU and their legal efforts to get these documents out in the open. Indeed, more power to them, but don't you think that a savvy politician like Obama would have an...

While Obama's efforts to remain at arm's length from the torture controversy, his previous disclosure of Bush administration Office of Legal Council memos set events in motion that have led to the above mentioned releases. From the NewYorkTimes, June 9, 2009:

Mr. Obama’s decision in April to release legal opinions from the Bush administration on interrogation, which were sought in a lawsuit, has opened the door to the disclosure of other documents...

The NYT article assigned the credit for the upcoming disclosures to the ACLU and their legal efforts to get these documents out in the open. Indeed, more power to them, but don't you think that a savvy politician like Obama would have anticipated this outcome? The question remains, however, did he intend it?

I'm inclined to think that the president wants this information to be viewed by the public, and if I'm correct, we're witnessing an incredibly wicked political rope-a-dope... but, I'm an optimist.

I believe he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't on this subject. And he really has much more pressing demands with the economy and getting jobs going.

As a veteran I understand not wanting the world too see our disgrace of the Geneva convention. It was made so that even though we were at war. We would not become dehumanized animals towards our enemy`s. Even though war itself is inhumane. At least the convention was a kind of line we drew in the sand. A kind of Officers and Gentlemen agreement.

And it took people who never fought in a war to destroy it. Cowards who would crack in two seconds if they knew they could be tortured themselves. For that I believe these cowards should b...

I believe he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't on this subject. And he really has much more pressing demands with the economy and getting jobs going.

As a veteran I understand not wanting the world too see our disgrace of the Geneva convention. It was made so that even though we were at war. We would not become dehumanized animals towards our enemy`s. Even though war itself is inhumane. At least the convention was a kind of line we drew in the sand. A kind of Officers and Gentlemen agreement.

And it took people who never fought in a war to destroy it. Cowards who would crack in two seconds if they knew they could be tortured themselves. For that I believe these cowards should be tried for the treason they perpetrated against our country and especially against our troops.

But Obama does not need to be their prosecutor. He has much more on his plate to clean up. And all of it is the dirt from the Bush Regime. He has already done good on the banking industry. We are being paid back in interest in a very short time. And his infrastructure programs and alternate energy plans will help bring jobs and lesson our dependence to foreign terrorists who get our oil money.

I believe he needs to turn this torture issue over to the right people. The D.O.J. should handle this because this is about justice. And we need to bring justice back to our country. Or we will have no say in the world.