“According to the May 30, 2005 Bradbury memo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in March 2003 and Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in August 2002.”
Those kind of numbers certainly argue against any real utility of the process, but Marcy also notes that the process by which these two were waterboarded goes beyond the guidelines that the memos gave interrogators.

In a perfect world these interrogators would be prosecuted. Especially these interrogators who got beyond even the pretty broad guidelines of the memos. But those prosecutions won’t mean much unless the people who gave them the go-ahead are prosecuted. Obama’s statement that he doesn’t want to place the blame for history glosses over the fact that placing the blame for past actions is exactly what the justice system does. And “Never Again” won’t mean much until the justice system has its say. Because “Never Again” becomes a policy choice — not the law of the land.

So let’s not fool ourselves here — Obama made a political decision here. An understandable one,because prosecuting these folks would certainly be throwing red meat into the shark pool. Because even the few GOP and other party voices who were not supportive of torture would choose to attack the apparent weakness of prosecuting for past GOP crimes.

It’s only dirty, crazy muslims

There is a mighty troubling inability by the GOP to recognize and acknowedge the strength, peace and safety inherent in world treaties.