I took The Huffington Post off my feed reader some time ago because if I didn’t faithfully check it every day, there were hundreds of unread posts. Too much. But, there are occasionally items I wish I had seen earlier like this one. From October 8, Rory Kennedy addresses the issue of torture as a political one and discusses her film, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. “I am saddened and angered that America’s standing as a global leader in human rights and a country with a deep and abiding respect for the rule of law continues to be undermined by the pro-torture policies of the Bush Administration… Unfortunately, as our bedrock principles have eroded, I believe our legislators have been compliant, the media timid, and the courts mostly rudderless and conflicted. We are left – as so often in times of national crisis – to depend on individuals who have the courage to speak out.” Read the entire article>>