Torture is the dark shadow dogging the war on terror. In Guantanamo and Bagram and, of course, at Abu Ghraib, interrogation techniques are being exposed that are making people nervous.
Bush administration lawyers have prepared opinions on how far and how hard military interrogators can go and still be compliant with the Geneva Convention. Does the Geneva Convention apply at all to those who do battle with the U.S. under the cloak of terror? How high up the chain of command is authorization required to smooth the path to reliable information?
More than a few former military lawyers find the very fact these questions have to be asked in the first place, quite disturbing.
Guests:
Jess Bravin, reporter for the Wall Street Journal
Scott Silliaman, Ret. Colonel and Executive Director of Duke University’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security;
David Rivkin, partner, Baker and Hostetler.