Full IC Red Cross report

Now leaked in full at the New York Review of Books. Go here.

For Mark Danner's companion article, 'The Red Cross Torture Report: What it Means', go here.

Danner's article is worth reading, so don't miss it.

It's hard to see how this document will not have significant political ramifications. Hopefully, all the investigations that have been shelved and put into abeyance will be fast tracked.

As Danner points out in his article, the contours of the Bush administration's torture program have been known since 2004. What more needs to be revealed before action is taken?

Obama continues to assert that he wants to move forward. Moving forward is appropriate under certain circumstances, but in this case it is unequivocally the wrong path. This is not only because the current administration has no standing to 'forgive' and forget (only the victims have that authority), it is evident that the issue won't just pass away. Not only are many Americans rightfully vociferous on this issue, it has a determined international following. Even if America should allow its politicians to continually obfuscate, the rest of the world will not. Specifically Spain, the UK and Poland are now undertaking investigations.

In this case, the only way forward is to look backward and come to grips with what we have done and what it means for us. To do that, we need a full accounting.