Monday, January 10, 2005

And now we'll never know...

Undiplomatic Immunity - Did Al Gonzales say the president can authorize torture? By Chris Suellentrop: "Finally, Harold Hongju Koh, a Yale professor of international law (and dean of the Yale Law School), solves the riddle—about the 'commander-in-chief override' not the mysterious nanny—by proposing a simple question for Gonzales. He tells the Judiciary Committee, 'A simple question you could have asked today was, 'Is the anti-torture statute constitutional?' If Gonzales answers yes, then he does not believe the president can override the statute. Mystery solved. Only one problem with this professorial inquiry: By the time Koh testified, Gonzales was already gone."

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