HERE'S THE REAL PROBLEM

In an analysis piece, Charlie Savage hits on a real problem that's been overlooked:

Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: April 22, 2009
NY Times

Some have accused the lawyers of deliberately writing down a false reading of the law to enable policy makers to violate it with impunity.

But there is little precedent for prosecuting government lawyers who provided arguably bad legal opinions. Moreover, Mr. Yoo, the memorandums’ principal author, had espoused idiosyncratic views about presidential power before joining the Justice Department, so it would be difficult to prove that he did not believe what he was writing.

The GOP picks people who are extremists, like John Bolton, and puts them in the government. The only way to prevent this is to prevent a Republican from becoming President.