NYT Discovers CIA Torture Not So Secret, 22 Years Later
The mainstream media, specifically the NYT, brings us the 'revelation' of CIA torture details from 2003. It's a miracle they found the hard drives. While we acknowledge the 'fragmentary' acknowledgment, it conveniently sidesteps how these 'secret' sites operated with bipartisan political cover from both Republican and Democratic administrations—and the fact that absolutely no one was ever truly
held accountable. These 'fragments' are not new; they've been whispered by human rights organizations and former detainees for years, only now deemed fit for public consumption by establishment media. One might wonder if the efficacy of torture is still a 'robust debate' for some policymakers, or if perhaps they're hoping we forget just how many hands got dirty. Is it really 'news' when the system
that permitted the torture later 'struggles' with transparency? Or is it simply a strategic drip-feed of information to maintain a sanitized historical narrative, decades after the damage is done and the perpetrators are safely retired?