How NOT to spin a headline (at least in the editorial section)

Unchecked Abuse

[I]t might be concluded that the Bush administration has committed itself to ending the use of practices falling just short of torture that it has used on foreign detainees since 2002. But it has not. Instead, it is explicitly reserving the right to abuse prisoners, while denying them any opportunity to seek redress in court. Having publicly accepted the ban on cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Mr. Bush is planning to ignore it whenever he chooses.

don't forget, supreme court nominee samuel alito is a proponent of the precise "interpretive signing statement" strategy that lies behind what is described above...

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