Editors of Salon,

Reading "America Can't Take it Anymore" I wonder if we are tiring of the Bush administration's justification of torture in the war on Iraq because it is eerily similar to the BS we were fed about initiating the war: WMD.

Aren't these black sites and eroding definitions of "torture," just like WMD where we accused Iraq and Saddam Hussein of hiding the means to harm others?

Where are the inspectors who should be investigating these abuses of the system by the US? What's good for the goose is good for the gander - transparency of these operations where US military and OGA's are involved is essential to restore the credibility of the US as a world leader.

Laura McHugh

The McCain amendment passed 90-9 in the Senate, yet Bush still threatens a veto. Why is Congress even listening to him? 90-9 is WAY over the two-thirds majority required to override his veto.

Let's see how the vote in the House goes. Something tells me plenty of Republicans there will "cross the aisle" and vote for the McCain amendment seeing as how all of them are up for re-election in less than a year.

The fact of the matter is, getting the McCain amendment passed is the easy part in the War On Torture. The hard part, as referenced in the excellent New Yorker article linked by Mr. Follman, is in getting the Justice Department (led by pro-torture Alberto Gonzales) to bring forth prosecutions.

I was most relieved to read your article this morning - I thought the American press had gone totally mute on the subject of rendition, kidnapping foreign citizens in their countries and torture, and gulags like Guantanoma.

I am German, born in May 1945 and have lived all my life with the horror my parents generation created and belong to the generation who have fought all our live to ensure that these tragedies do not happen again and am extremely sad and mad to see that the US, the country who tries to impose their morality ???, democracy??? on others, throws the rules of humanity overboard.

Of course Sept. 11, was a tragedy - but there are so many tragedies taking place every day. What right do you have to hold the whole world hostage for this tragedy. You are not fighting for the freedom of others but to impose your very doubtful set of standards on others.

I would love to see the reactions of your citizens if planes landed about 400 times in your country using your territory for illegal purposes.

I will not travel to the US as long as this government is in power - I did not travel to South Africa during the apartheid regime and other countries. Your present government is the pits and in Europe we fail to understand your hero worship of the president - for god's sake he is only a man - so was Hitler and look where that got us.

Kind regards

Linda Kreusel

In which religion did George W. Bush claim he was born again? I heard Condi Rice on the radio this morning, denying all charges of torture by the U.S. In the face of this kind of evidence, how can this administration keep speaking out of both sides of its mouth? It's beginning to look like the rest of the world will have to rise up against us to make their point. I'm afraid for all of us. The world may not want to wait another three years. Thanks, George, Dick, Condi, and all you good guys who are looking after our best interests. What will you say or do when the backlash reaches our shores? You can't even clean up after a couple of hurricanes. I am sick to my stomach.

It is this kind of unpleasant, but necessary reporting that makes Salon.com such a valuable voice online. Anyone who thinks that the United States doesn't engage in torture is deceiving themselves.

I congratulate the military brass and soldiers on the ground who have the guts to come forward and tell the truth about what's really happening in this so-called "War on Terror." What we need is a "War on Torture."