President Barack Obama has made it clear since taking office that no one will be punished for torture.
As I have repeatedly written before, that's reprehensible. But what about compensating torture victims?
According to the recent report issued by the U.S. Senate Intelligence committee, torture under the Bush administration was more brutal and widespread than previously understood.
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