More on torture

First, take a read of the NYTimes headliner tonight, Report Shows Tight C.I.A. Control on Interrogations, which describes the incredible level of detailed specifications coming out of the CIA and the torture advocates in the DoJ.

In it, we learn that the DoJ people were authorizing specific actions on specific individuals.

Second, although it's not getting much press at the moment, the DoJ does have a second separate group looking into the actions of the OLC lawyers who wrote the legal justifications and specs for the torture program. (Yoo, Bybee, etc.) Action on them, might be coming later.

Third, on Olbermann tonight, they said that Khalid Sheik Muhammed nearly died in his waterboarding. If I see more detail, I'll update.

Last, I'm not sure I agree with this whole post, but the threat to KSM that the US would kill his children is very different when you know that the Pakistanis had seized, detained and interrogated KSM's seven and nine year old sons before he was captured.

Later: The WaPo also has an interesting article on the procedures and details of the torture program.