Dana Milbank, on David Addington’s testimony yesterday.
Rory Stewart weighs in at this week’s Book Club. In the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, he observes: “It looks to me – from a distance – as though the real challenges are two-fold: to clear out the clutter that muddles our sense of right and wrong and to identify who to hold responsible.”
Conservative activist Grover Norquist: Obama is “Kerry with a tan.“
U.S. government (thanks, Bush administration) has to cough up $5.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by one-time anthrax-mail suspect Steven Hatfill.
What do Philip Gourevitch’s reflections on Abu Ghraib tell us?
For one, Robert Stone says, that “the Bush-Cheney operation ought never to have been trusted to supervise the deployment of armed troops.”
Barack Obama will be embarking on an international tour to meet with foreign leaders and boost his image on foreign policy. That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Morning Roundup.
Philip Gourevitch concludes TPMCafe’s weeklong discussion on Abu Ghraib, centered on his new book Standard Operating Procedure: “Just as with slavery, we will have to accept that the stain will linger and continue to taint us for a very very very long time to come.”