CIA used techniques the State Department condems

From the torture memos:

Library Grape:

This excerpt basically admits that most of the techniques the OLC lawyers are approving are routinely condemned by our own State Department when performed by other countries.

I need an Alka-Seltzer. I'll let Greenwald finish up for me:

The more one reads of this, the harder it is to credit Obama's statement today that "this is a time for reflection, not retribution." At least when it comes to the orders of our highest government leaders and the DOJ lawyers who authorized them, these are pure war crimes, justified in the most disgustingly clinical language and with clear intent of wrongdoing. FDL has a petition urging Eric Holder to immediately appoint a Special Prosecutor to determine if criminal proceedings should commence.

Obama did the right thing by releasing these memos, providing all the information and impetus the citizenry should need to demand investigations and prosecutions. But it is up to citizens to demand that the rule of law be applied.