Slow Progress on Torture

The New Yorks Times had an editorial yesterday on the Bush administration and torture.

Brad DeLong says: "Four years ago, this would have been a useful editorial. Today? And not even now can they nerve themselves to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush. Cowards."

Digby accepts that and asks "I have two equally urgent, perhaps more urgent questions: since impeachment is not, and will not, be on the table, is there anything that can be done to stop present torturing and prevent future torture by Bush? Second, what laws can be passed to prevent any future administration from torturing those in its grip, be they called "prisoners," "non-comabatants," or anything else?"