Obama diary: The first 100 days - BBC review

[BelgianMadCow]

Barack Obama was elected on a message of change. Now he is in office, change is expected both in foreign and domestic policy. Here the BBC's team in Washington tracks developments in the first 100 days of the Obama presidency."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7994368.stm

Have a look, I think it's fairly balanced, and to be honest, as critical as I am of decisions concerning the rule of law, there's no way you can say Obama hasn't changed things.

This is the part on day 87 - on torture:

Civil liberties groups had long sought to see the contents of the memos, but their publication had been the subject of fierce debate within the administration. Many in the CIA had feared that full disclosure would open agents up to the threat of legal action.

Before publication, civil rights campaigners had warned President Obama that a failure to publish the memos in full would leave his reputation for transparency in tatters.

Well, President Obama has opted to publish the memos in full (virtually - the names of the CIA interrogators have been redacted). But he has also given an assurance to CIA employees involved in the interrogation programme that they will not be prosecuted.

Campaigners will be pleased that the memos have been published - but how will they react to the news that the interrogators have been given immunity?

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bmc