Hilzoy has some good commentary on the recent reoprt on black sites. Especially interesting is his comment on why we chose Poland and Romania -- their legal systems are less developed, more easily manipulated. And even at this, the leaders of those countries who cut deals with us on black sites most likely acted illegally. But we would prefer them breaking their laws to us breaking ours.
And so we come to the ironic conclusion that our "democracy-promoting" actions have weakened the rule of law in Europe as well as the middle east.
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