The Forces of Good

I am shocked - shocked! - to discover that our own CIA is operating a mini-Gulag of "black sites" in Eastern Europe and elsewhere (see Dana Priest's article in the 2 November Washington Post). We shouldn't worry about torture or false imprisonment since the Bush administration has assured us that all prisoners are being treated fairly and that should be enough reassurance for any of us. Meanwhile, Dick Cheney's aides are reportedly fighting hard to keep language vaguely forbidding torture (straight out of the Geneva Conventions) from being included in administration policy.

Two nights ago, Michael Reagan helpfully offered this clarification: "We're the good guys. We're the guys in the white hats."

I'm glad to have that cleared up.