Down payment on redemption

A couple of days ago, the New York Times made a small down payment on redeeming itself for its journalistic laxity about Iraq, dick cheney, and the bush administration in general.

In an editorial, they stated:

"The government owes Americans a full investigation into the order to approve torture, abuse and illegal secret detention, as well as the twisted legal briefs that justified these policies. . . .

Mr. Cheney was at the center of each of these insults to this country's Constitution, its judicial system and its bedrock democratic values. To defend himself, he offers a twisted version of history."

The editorial then proceeds to list Cheney's claims about torture, its authorization and effectiveness, followed by the contradictory reality of each that shows his lies and distortions. They then call for a fuller investigation than the one AG Holder has initiated:

"Americans need much more than glimpses of the truth. They should not have to decide whether to believe former interrogators, whom they do not know, or Mr. Cheney, who did not hesitate while in office to mislead them when it suited his political aims."

Good for the Times. I just wish they had showed up years ago, but better late than never.

Ralph