Even more evidence that torture is not only unacceptable morally but it is illegal. Amazing, we did not look into the history of these practices when we began using them: In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use – NYTimes.com.

If a waterboard is in a genocide museum in Cambodia, as a denunciation of the genocidal dictator pol pot, and if a the United States prosecuted those who used the technique in war crimes trials after World War II, then perhaps we can surmise that it is illegal today.

I write “we” because in adopting these tactics, George Bush made all of us complicit; these are our crimes. How about we make them his crimes as well?