How did the Bush Office of Legal Counsel actually conclude that "waterboarding" - finally publicly confirmed as a "no-brainer" by the vice-president and practised by the U.S., following the Khmer Rouge - actually qualify as "legal" and "not torture"? Marty Lederman explains why here.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/10/cheneys-no-brainer/232690/
