Rice and Torture

Juan Cole 10/01/2008

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Rice led Bush administration discussions of torture techniques, according to documents secured and released by Sen. Carl Levin as part of a congressional inquiry.

I can’t tell from this article how complicit Rice was in authorizing torture; that she was complicit in policy-making on the issue now seems clear. We also know what the outcome was.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page