Is The Window Closing?

Maybe we had just a few months to use the change of administration to force transparency about the Bush-Cheney administration's use of torture and abuse in the war on Jihadist terrorism. But isn't the notion that the documents relating to the illegal torture of prisoners should be withheld because of their propaganda value to al Qaeda the Cheney position? These aren't the video tapes of the torture; they are the documents detailing the torture, what it meant and who authorized it.

It could well embarrass former Bushies whose obsession with torturing prisoners was their most powerful conviction in the war. But it is precisely to show that the US is no longer a party to these war crimes that the release of the documentsshould take place. These are (with one exception) not photos. They are evidence of war crimes.

But I guess with the Obama administration appointing those who oversaw torture, i.e. McChrystal, we're back to covering up the Cheney years. Wasn't the point of electing Obama to put an end of the Cheney years? Or did I hallucinate that all last year?