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today's papers Question Time for the CIA? Posted Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at 6:08 AM ET The Los Angeles Times leads with the news that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is likely to appoint a criminal prosecutor to look into abuses committed during CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects. The prosecutor will evaluate whether the CIA employed tactics not authorized by Bush administration memos, not the legality of the controversial, so-called torture memos themselves. The New York Times leads with yesterday's plane crash over the Hudson River, in which a small plane collided with a tourist helicopter, killing nine people. Three of the bodies have been recovered so far. The Washington Post leads with the news that Metro's crash-avoidance system had malfunctioned three months before this summer's deadly collision, when a train operator had to apply the emergency brake so as not to overshoot a station platform on Capitol Hill. Metro officials failed to report this incident and the ensuing investigation to federal officials investigating the June red line crash. Officials are almost certain that Holder will choose a special prosecutor from a shortlist recently assembled at the Department of Justice at his request. But the LAT exclusive does not make clear whether this will be a hard-hitting investigation or an ineffectual gesture at duty by the DOJ. The investigation will be narrow in scope, and one former Justice Department official thinks it's doomed to fail, arguing, "[I]t would go on forever and cause enormous collateral damage on the way to getting that unsuccessful result." It will be difficult to obtain good evidence, and the case would lack precedent. Waterboarding is an obvious practice that would come under fire, as would other previously undisclosed incidents, including the time a CIA official brought a gun into an interrogation room to intimidate a prisoner. To continue reading, click here. Kara Hadge is a former Slate intern.Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Catholic Church Saved Roman Civilization. Will Mormons Save America? Joe Biden Sent Barack Obama a Video: "Surprise Wedding Dance Entrance" The Week's Best Editorial Cartoons | Advertisement |
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