Article Critique Of Cole's "The Torture Memos: The Case Against The Lawyers"

Abstract: 4 pages in length. David Cole's interpretation of how the United States government is shirking responsibility for torture-related decision-making is both astute and accurate; the entire situation has fallen into a chasm of political muck in an attempt to save those who are truly responsible from prosecution. The higher up the food chain a given authority figure is, the more difficult it is to pursue him in the same manner as the rest of the constituency because of a solid shield of reinforcement that protects his blatantly illegal behavior. Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and award-winning author of several books on terrorism, articulates the problem as being historically chronic in nature when power and politics collide. No additional sources cited.

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Subcatagory: Ethics

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