Detained by the Past: "Led by Dick Cheney, many Republicans believe that national security issues are still the Democrats' greatest vulnerability, and they will try to keep this front open even if it means defending torture. Obama is right to pause before releasing those torture photographs, and there may be no alternative but to use military commissions in some of the terror cases. But in making these decisions, the president has looked more reactive than principled."
(Via The Plank.)
