Washington Post<\/a> noted that the Obama administrationc could appoint a prosecutor who “may look into whether CIA interrogators operated outside the boundaries set by George W. Bush’s Justice Department.”<\/p>\nLike most of the Pentagon investigations of torture at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere, the investigation would be careful not to look at any culpability of the policymakers — the people who actually gave the orders to violate the laws and maim, kill, or merely savage detainees. <\/p>\n
This could still spin out of control – and the continuing coverups could come undone.<\/p>\n
But I still don’t expect the Stanley Cup playoffs to head that far south. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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