Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pronounced himself pleased that the administration had handed over four “previously undisclosed documents” relating to the administration’s interrogation policies. As he wrote to White House counsel Fred Fielding in a letter: “The release of these documents restarts the incremental process of providing necessary information to Congress and to the American people about the Administrationâs legal justifications and policies with regard to torture and interrogation.” After months of stonewalling, it was a new day!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179476