AG "must decide whether Bush..officials should be prosecuted...Critics call the methods torture."

[ProSense]

Holder tours historic torture site

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer

LONDON – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, weighing whether to prosecute Bush administration officials for harsh interrogations of terror suspects, got a history lesson in torture techniques on his first stop on a European tour.

Holder arrived Sunday in London, the first of three European cities he will visit seeking allies' help to close Guantanamo Bay, fight terrorism, and catch cyber-criminals.

The attorney general and his staff took a tour of the Tower of London, home of The Bloody Tower, and also the site where Guy Fawkes was put on the rack in 1605 to name those plotting with him to blow up Parliament.

The tower visit is standard fare for tourists, but one loaded with extra meaning for Holder, who listened quietly to tales of torture, execution, and palace intrigue.

The attorney general must decide whether Bush administration officials should be prosecuted for authorizing and approving harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects. Critics call the methods torture.

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[northofdenali]

1. So, even the AP has graduated to pissy-assed, whiny

scum-sucking RW writing. "Critics call the methods torture" MY FUCKING ASS. Even those who SUPPORTED torture are coming out now and saying it did not good.

Holder had better choose to prosecute, or I'll work just as hard against him as I did the Bush Admin.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Graduated? They invented it. n/t

[liberalmuse]

3. Thanks.

I got my new sig:

[LynnTheDem]

4. "Critics call the methods torture."

Actually, THE LAW, both US and international, calls it torture.

That's FACT.