Torture American Style

Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane points us to this:

Raw Story is on the beat, and they tell us that 51 Senators have sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales calling for an investigation into torture accusations by American personel. From the letter:

Finally, there can be no doubt that the public interest will be served by a broad and independent investigation into both the allegations of abuse at U.S. detention sites as well as the role of high-ranking officials in authorizing and allowing these abuses. To date, a number of investigations into allegations of abuse at United States detention sites have been conducted, including ten official investigations. These investigations concluded that the leadership failure of officers such as Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, formerly the senior commander in Iraq, contributed to the prisoner abuse.

There have been ten official investigations? Have you heard any of them, or heard of any of them resulting in anything substantial? Of course not... the Alberto Gonzales led Justice Department is content to blow this off and hope it goes away.

The culture of torture that this administration has condoned is the blackest of black marks any society can have. I sincerely hope this story gets legs eventually, and that those higher-ups who are responsible for it have to answer some serious questions.