Editorial: Obama should make clear his opposition to torture (San Jose Mercury News)

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Editorial: Obama should make clear his opposition to torture (San Jose Mercury News)

Mercury News Editorial
Posted: 01/15/2009 06:18:33 PM PST

... The best option for the president-elect is to appoint a nonpartisan commission charged with three goals:

- Determine the truth about what intelligence agents did to suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay and other sites.

- Conduct a review of the effectiveness of the techniques used by the Bush administration and determine which constitute violations of American and international standards.

- Recommend whether prosecution of Bush administration officials and/or those who engaged in torture should be pursued ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_11465208?nclick_check=1

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