Kerry Commentary on CNN site:

[TayTay]

Commentary: Torture weakened America's national security

By John Kerry
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/25/kerry.guantanamo/">Special to CNN

Editor's Note: John Kerry, a Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the junior senator from Massachusetts.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Thursday was an important day for the rule of law in the United States of America.

With a handful of signatures to executive orders, President Obama ordered the eventual closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and CIA "black site" prisons, and placed interrogation in all American facilities by all U.S. personnel under the guidelines of the Army Field Manual.

In a season of transformational changes, these are among the most meaningful, because they send a powerful message that America's struggle against terrorism will once against honor some of the most cherished ideals of our republic: respect for the rule of law, individual rights, and America's moral leadership.

The president understands all too well that the threat our nation faces from terrorism is all too real. And we should all agree that sometimes, in the name of national security, it is necessary to make difficult ethical decisions to protect the American people.

More at the link

Hmmmmm......

[YvonneCa]

1. He refers to the best line in Obama's...

...Inaugural speech:

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals."

President Barack Obama



It's a good article...thank you for posting.

[Inuca]

2. It's a very Kerry commentary

both pricipled and pragmatic.