Torture Should Be a Mystery, Says Peggy Noonan

When I heard Madeline Kahn sing, "Ah, sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you!" in Young Frankenstein, I never considered that she might be thinking of torture, though I suppose you could view it that way. But apparently--at least to conservative reporter Peggy Noonan--the subject of torture, and whether the Bush Administration should be accountable for doing it, is better left undiscovered. Her conclusion was, at best, bizarre.

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Noonan: Torture memos should have remained one of life’s mysteries

On Monday, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart poked fun at how conservative politicians and pundits are reacting to the release of four Office of Legal Council Memos that authorized the use of torture on detainees under President Bush. Stewart notes that some pundits are disturbed more by the release of the memos than by the fact that torture was okayed and then deployed.

“Apparently, everyone is not upset about the fact that we torture. They are upset about the fact that we now know about it,” said Stewart. . .

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