Xenophilia

26 August 2010. New York Times, Editorial: “Legacy of Torture.” The NYT notes that government cases against Guantanamo prisoners who have been tortured either by the U.S. or its allies are being thrown out of court by American judges, since information obtained via the use of “enhanced interrogation”–aka torture–is unreliable. Note that while the Times here uses the word torture to describe Bush-era practices, policy has been to avoid such usage since 2004. It would be a good thing if this editorial marks a change of policy. (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201006300069).