Is the war on terror over?
The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger says that the recent move by Attorney General Eric Holder to start a criminal inquiry on CIA techniques means an end to the war on terror:
"In a May speech at the National Archives, President Obama, mirroringKenny MacAskill's remarks, said we had to 'update our institutions' todeal with terrorism but 'do so with an abiding confidence in the ruleof law and due process.'
"In a May speech at the National Archives, President Obama, mirroringKenny MacAskill's remarks, said we had to 'update our institutions' todeal with terrorism but 'do so with an abiding confidence in the ruleof law and due process.'
That 'update' is upon us. The smothering pillows have arrived.
Attorney General Holder named Connecticut prosecutor John Durham toconduct an investigation into whether interrogations by CIA employeeswarrant a criminal inquiry. It has been shown repeatedly the past 25years that an office of independent counsel or special prosecutornearly always puts in motion an Inspector Javert-like hunt for anindictable defendant."
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