Interesting question: would you support a War On Terror Truth & Reconciliation process?

[malthaussen]

11. It would be nice if the persons responsible admitted so,

... but frankly, I'm pretty sure they don't think they did anything warranting confession. Although in general I don't like to play the Shadow (I surely don't know what evil lurks in the hearts of men), the President's "Remember, these are true patriots" indicates to me that their only regret is that the program produces little if any useful intelligence. Even in today's statement, Mr Obama found it necessary to point out that not only was torture against our values, it didn't work. He has always argued against the utility of such practices, which is really not relevant in consderations of morality. The fact that he includes this in his (IMO) lukewarm repudiation tells me that utilty is more important to him (and by extension, others in decision-making positions) than any other question.

-- Mal