"Janine Krieber, a disgruntled Liberal political spouse", I think her CV actually says " a political scientist and renowned expert on terrorism and international security". Which would seem to matter in a discussion on terrorism and torture.

Also, transferring prisoners to torture is bad – whether it's an Afghan prison or an American prison in Afghanistan. Why can't we see an article about how that could have been avoided and why it wasn't? It's trite to say we shouldn't focus on whether this benefits the Liberals or Conservatives when you have the opportunity to write your column about the substance…

Of course, the identity of these influential moral imbeciles has to be kept secret, otherwise, there'll be consequences.

Right and wrong indeed.

I commented on your actual article…but i'll comment here on your statement on Power and Politics…

You were – as I recall – sitting next to Paul Chapin – the former DFAIT public servant whose weasel words made "Sir Humphrey" sound damned blunt…and I watched your body language as you made your point. Consciously or not, on the TV screen it looked as if – physically as well as verbally – you wanted to put as much distance between him and yourself as possible…