It's no secret that President Obama would prefer to avoid a process of coming to terms with the past. His dilemma involves the circularity of the whole affair: If CIA operatives are indicted for torturing detainees, they can say that the White House and the Justice Department -- the very organizations that are now driving the prosecution -- instructed them to do so. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.