U.S. District Court Judge (and former JAG attorney) Alvin K. Hellerstein puts a stake through the Bush administration’s claim that releasing pictures of American abuse in Abu Gharib will embolden terrorists.
Proof of our intentions and admission of our errors will be our greatest allies in this war on terror. Covering up torture only insures that the issue never dies, and this stain on America’s conscience is never blotted out.