Opinion: On the trail of torture
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The Times editorial board weighs in today on the prospect of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointing a special counsel to investigate the use of ‘enhanced interrogation techniques.’ The board does not hold much hope for the effectiveness of such a counsel because evidence problems and sympathetic juries could make it impossible to obtain convictions.
The board comes to this conclusion:
That is not a reason for a prosecutor to throw up his or her hands and refuse to gather as much evidence as possible. But it’s a reminder that the criminal justice system is an imperfect remedy for a pervasive policy of subordinating human rights to an unrelenting war on terror -- a policy in which Congress often was complicit.
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