Matt Ortega

Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post includes an editorial on the revelation of more secret torture memos issued during former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ tenure.

The Post editorial staff blasts the Bush administration for running a “clandestine legal system” devoid of any legitimate oversight from the Congress or the courts.

The resulting violations of basic human rights have cost the country incalculable prestige abroad and put its own citizens in danger of being subjected to similarly harsh treatment. That is particularly true since July, when Mr. Bush signed an executive order that allowed the CIA to resume using “enhanced interrogation techniques” on prisoners after a hiatus of more than 18 months.

Read the full editorial.

It was some time ago that I referenced this incredible scene from the 1998 film, The Siege, starring Denzel Washington and Annette Benning. The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan found the clip on YouTube:

The transcript of the scene, featuring Washington (FBI Agent Anthony Hubbard), Benning (CIA Agent Elise Kraft) and Bruce Willis (General William Devereaux), is below.

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