++This past week saw the European Court on Human Rights rule against Poland for "hosting the CIA's secret prison" as part of its rendition program. The Court ruled that Poland had to pay damages to two of the Arabs who had been tortured on their facilities.
++But the day of reckoning is coming in the United States. News is leaking out that the Torture Report by the Senate is being "reviewed" by the CIA before its executive summary is released to the public.
++No sooner do we have that news and George Tenet emerges to start a campaign against the report and demand he testify on the Hill.
++The AP has run a story that CIA agents mentioned in the report had been promised the opportunity to review the text about them but were told on Friday that they would not be able to because the report will only be reviewed by the top brass.
++Expect these types of things to frame the discussion, not the issue that the CIA's torture practices were even more horrible than described before.
++The question should be asked about the European Court's ruling--why should an American ally be punished for our actions.
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