Very Interesting Article

I received this article in a listserv email from my department - the 2 doctors involved were residents in the department for which I work.

I realize some may find it depressing or hard to read/swallow, but it is worth reading all the way through, even just to understand the US' stance on torture under the Bush administration.

Cheney, Gonzo indicted in TX

This sounds to me like the sort of thing that will go away quickly; nonetheless, the vice president and former attorney general have nonetheless been indicted in a south Texas county.

The charges against the vice president relate to a conflict of interest stemming from a group of privately owned prisons he is invested in, and allegedly visited for the purpose of assaulting inmates.  Gonzoles is essentially charged with using his post at the DoJ to stop investigation into the matter.