Week of May 4, 2009

The torture debate

Is torture ever acceptable? Should Bush administration officials be prosecuted for their involvement in possible torture tactics? What about lawmakers who may have known about it but did nothing to stop it? These questions are all part of the heated national debate on the issue of torture.

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