Update: The Torture Blame Game

Yesterday we noted the Senate Armed Services Committee's report concluding that top Bush Administration officials authorised the abuse and, dare you use the word, torture of detainees. Dan Froomkin, the outstanding blogger for The Washington Post, has an excellent round-up of the report and coverage.

It is his personal question, however, that is most striking:

There's...the obvious question that comes to mind after considering the sequence of events: How are these not war crimes?