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This 3 page paper analyzes an article by David Cole, in which he argues that the lawyers who twisted the law to approve torture must also stand trial, along with those who did the actual torturing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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not enough to prosecute the torturers; the indictments must extend to those who crafted the policies that make torture possible. Discussion The article is difficult reading for anyone who still
holds the illusion that the United States is a nation of laws. Cole lays blame for the entire mess at the feet of the lawyers who work in the Office
of Legal Counsel (OLC), the office that advises the president on legal matters. Those attorneys, Cole says, twisted the law to support the Bush administrations desired policies, rather than using
it properly, to ascertain the legality of those policies. The OLC became a rubber stamp that sanctioned whatever Bush wanted to do. This is Coles basic point. We know who
actually did the acts of torture; who slammed prisoners up against the wall, waterboarded them, kept them awake for days on end, stripped them and doused them with cold water
and so on. President Obama has decided to proceed against these minions. But Cole argues, with complete justification, that it is the lawyers who crafted the policies that made these
acts possible who should be punished. It is not enough to arrest and try the torturers, those who paved the way for their inhumanity should stand trial with them. After
making this point, Cole goes on to describe the memos that were written at various times. He analyzes them and their effects and in so doing builds a consistent case
against the lawyers, laying a solid foundation before moving on to the next point. He begins by noting that while the CIA descriptions of the torture have received massive public
attention, the OLC memos have not and they are the "real smoking gun ... They reveal that instead of requiring the CIA to conform its conduct to the law,
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