Building a case

Via Sullivan, Politico reports that House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers Jr. is going to subpoena the legal architects of the Bush policy allowing "harsh interrogation techniques" (i.e., torture): John Ashcroft, John Yoo, and David Addington. Conyers wants to question them about the genesis of the so-called "torture memos":

Conyers has asked the three men to appear before his committee to answer specific questions about the rationale and process behind drafting these controversial memorandums, particularly the recently released memo from March 2003 that gave military officials broader latitude to use extreme interrogation techniques.

My hope is that he is able to get them under oath and talking about how, exactly, the United States metamorphosed into a regime that can no longer proudly display awesome propaganda like this.