I feel so much better now

MANIFESTO

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The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured, administration officials said Monday.

This close monitoring will no doubt be akin to the meticulous overseeing that went on with TARP funds earlier this year. How'd that AIG salvaging thing work out, anyway?

As much as I applaud Eric Holder's decision to investigate the CIA's atrocities (which, unsurprisingly, Senator Sanctimony disagrees with), I'm appalled that the extraordinary rendition program will continue.

UPDATE — As usual, Glenn Greenwald has an incisive post regarding the investigation.