Those who oppose investigating and possibly prosecuting those responsible for creating a bureaucratic cover for illegal torture have claimed that it would be a criminalization of policy difference and politicize justice. They are wrong. Failure to prosecute for fear of political fallout is politicized justice.

What they are accused of is illegal. It was illegal when they did it. They did not change a policy, they broke laws. When political elites argue that they are above the law, that is politicized justice. When  we are asked to move on past this ugly spectacle, that is politicized justice.

But then. I have to stop and consider the immensity of gall and hypocrisy it takes for any Republican to complain about politicized justice. The party who hired and fired US Attorneys based on loyalty to the GOP and their willingness to bring specious cases against Democrats, including cases that judges have said are crazy. The party of Ken Starr - the walking personification of politicized justice - really should not talk about politicizing Justice. There are literally cases of documents detailing how they made their entire Administration, including the Justice Department, a cog in their reelection machine.

It is beyond shameful that reporters are not laughing in their faces.