Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales backed up his criticism of Obama's release of the torture memos. He has previously insisted that learning the details of the interrogation techniques would help the enemy know how to resist them.
That argument seems a bit of a non sequitor, given that President Obama -- who did win the election and is now in charge -- has forbidden the use of torture and specifically the interrogation techniques covered in the memos.
Gonzo's mind-boggling answer: But they might be needed again in the future.
All it would take, I suppose, is for Dick Cheney to return to power, have control of a compliant Attorney General, and somehow miraculously return the American people to the secrecy of 'not-knowing' what we now know they were up to.
Gonzo seems to be implying that they were justified in torturing, that it looks different now because the threat of another 9/11 has waned, but that in similar circumstances anyone else would do the same.
Well, no. They wouldn't. As we're now learning, even some people in the bush administration, and in the FBI, and top military leaders were opposed at the time and would not have done it even then.
Ralph
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