Praise the Lord and Pass the Thumbscrews (the good 'Christian' torturer)

[rumguy]

This is a Whiskey Bar find. It's also featured on Atrios. Many of you have probably already seen it. For those that haven't, it's an excellent piece.



"It's been pointed out to me (tip of the hat to Bernhard H.) that the team of lawyers who wrote the Pentagon's treatise on presidential torture powers was led by this woman: U.S. Air Force's General Counsel, Mary L. Walker...

Ms. Walker, it turns out, is a long-time Republican political appointee first brought to Washington during the Reagan administration to help oversee the looting of America's natural resources, um, that is, I mean, to serve as principal deputy in the environmental division at Ed Meese's Justice Department.

It also appears that Ms. Walker is a devout Christian - much like her fellow Reagan alum and environmental despoiler, Interior Secretary James 'I don't know how many generations we've got until the Lord returns' Watt. And she's the co-founder of a San Diego group called Professional Women's Fellowship, an offshoot of the Campus Crusade for Christ 'dedicated to helping professionals find balance, focus and direction in life.'"

http://billmon.org/archives/001518.html

[donhakman]

1. camp torture