What we need is a little justice

CIA destroyed interrogation tapes:

The New York Times, which broke the story, quotes current and former government officials as saying the CIA destroyed the tapes in 2005 as it faced Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program.

Officials feared the tapes could have raised doubts about the legality of the CIA's techniques, the newspaper says.

Well of course they did. And we are expected to believe that the government "lost" the interrogation video of Jose Padilla, too. No one likes a war crimes trial.

America's honour will be restored when they a) stop torturing; and b) put those responsible on trial -- and I don't mean the individuals who carried it out, a la Abu Ghraib. The men responsible for the policies need to explain themselves to a jury.

Nothing less will make it right. I'm not holding my breath.