GOP leaders are now attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for taking a stand
against CIA torture. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich said, "...the House has an
absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to
investigate her."* He further added, "She either comes across as incompetent or
dishonest. Those are the only two defenses."

It is not clear to me if Gingrich means to have her declared legally incompetent
(see message# 1830, "You're Insane"), which could qualify her for involuntary
commitment. If that is the case, Pelosi might experience state sponsored
torture firsthand.

All this flap about waterboarding (its legality, if it's still being used) seems
like a way of skirting the issue of the legally sanctioned torture taking place
in local hospitals on a daily basis. In fact, I would argue that waterboarding
is probably more humane than psychiatric "treatments" like electric shock and
lobotomy, as it doesn't seem to cause permanent damage to the victim. State
sponsored "doctors" literally use "shock and awe" tactics on their captives to
terrorize them into submission.

The closing of Gitmo and the supposed ending of waterboarding seems like a
coverup of the legal torture taking place in the "secret prisons" called mental
hositals right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. Like they say, sometimes the
best way to hide something is to put it on public display!

* http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/15/pelosi.waterboarding/index.html