Notes on an April Monday Morning

-Remember 'actions have consequences' and 'the truth will out'? Well, those in the last US government administration who promoted and justified torture may be in for a comeuppance directly. Via tpm.com: From The New Yorker, Jane Meyer reports on a book (Philippe Sands' Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values) which has apparently been instrumental in a Spanish case being instigated that goes after those who broke the law. From the article:

Last week, Sands’s accusations suddenly did not seem so outlandish. A Spanish court took the first steps toward starting a criminal investigation of the same six former Bush Administration officials he had named, weighing charges that they had enabled and abetted torture by justifying the abuse of terrorism suspects. Among those whom the court singled out was Feith, the former Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy, along with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; John Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer; and David Addington, the chief of staff and the principal legal adviser to Vice-President Dick Cheney.

My oh my. So soon. Go read the whole article; it's very short.

-Just about done with a second reading of another John Irving book, A Prayer for Owen Meany. Super, and deals with growing up in the '50's, living through the '60's, and commenting on the '80's. Vietnam plays a big part, as does religion and faith. Full of mirth and death, as was The World According to Garp. Pick them both up and spend a little time away from the miseries of the current realities. Update: late afternoon - finished it. Add fate as a major theme.

-Snow and cold here in Loogootee today.