The Nation carries a very thoughtful article by former Congressperson Elizabeth Holtzman on Torture and Accountability [fixed, thanks!], i.e. how one might get some of the latter for the former. Recommended.
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the URL should be :
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050718&s=holtzman
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