I’m enjoying the GOP meltdown as much as anyone, but a brief reminder of why this election matters is warranted. Donald Trump wants to bring back torture.
At least half of the 39 people who went through the C.I.A.’s “enhanced interrogation” program, which included depriving them of sleep, dousing them with ice water, slamming them into walls and locking them in coffin-like boxes, have since shown psychiatric problems, The New York Times found. Some have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, paranoia, depression or psychosis.
Hundreds more detainees moved through C.I.A. “black sites” or Guantánamo, where the military inflicted sensory deprivation, isolation, menacing with dogs and other tactics on men who now show serious damage. Nearly all have been released.
We’ll never get real accountability for these crimes, but we sure as hell can avoid electing a man who promises to start this back up again.
