Torture and the rule of law

Glenn Greenwald of salon.com reviews The Dark Side, by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker and comments on how the U.S. is no longer a nation of laws but a nation of men. "One cannot coherently sanction or even acquiesce to serious government lawbreaking and then feign outrage over illegal torture and other war crimes. The sanctioning of government illegality is precisely what leads to abuses like the American torture regime."