Torturegate Sources Wall Street

Juan Cole 06/10/2004

Torturegate Sources

The Wall Street Journal story that set off the furor about White House counsels advising Bush that he could torture people if he wanted to (indeed, that he can do whatever he damn well pleases because he is the king-emperor), is now on the Web. Information wants to be free.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page