To the Editor:
Re “In Interrogation Furor, Republicans Land a Rare Blow to Pelosi” (news article, May 16):
Whether or not Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew that detainees were being tortured is a side issue. The real issue is how American officials acquiesced in the use of torture. One would have thought that abhorrence of torture was so ingrained in the American character that no one, from the president on down, would have even considered its use.
Josephine Donovan
Portsmouth, N.H., May 16, 2009
Note from KBJ: "One would have thought that abhorrence of abortion was so ingrained in the American character that no one, from the president on down, would have even considered its use."
