I missed this, as did Headline Junky, but Senators Carl Levin and Lindsay Graham were watching the "confession" of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed in a nearby room by remote TV as it happened. I put the word "confession" in quotes because any confession procured through torture is inherently suspect. Levin and Graham have been impressive for a while, and their presence is a welcome sign that they take what has happened to the reputation of America seriously. Even more impressive is their response:
Two senators who watched Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confess to planning the Sept. 11 attacks and other plots said Friday that his allegations of mistreatment by U.S. captors should be taken seriously and investigated. "To do otherwise would reflect poorly on our nation," Sens. Carl Levin, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said in a joint statement. …
Levin and Graham said they were impressed with the tribunal’s professionalism, but did not rule out further changes to the system. "The true test of the (tribunal) process is not a case in which the detainee admits the allegations against him, it is a case in which the detainee disputes those allegations," the senators wrote.
Thanks. In the Kafka-esque nightmare into which this president has thrown us with respect to detainee interrogations, the obvious sometimes needs to be stated.
The Dish 