Prosecutions for waterboarding?

Justin Webb|18:44 UK time, Thursday, 15 January 2009

The suggestion from Barack Obama's nominee for Attorney General Eric Holder that waterboarding is torture will add fuel to the fire of the effort to prosecute Bush officials.

There is little doubt that the practice has been considered torture by previous American administrations as the Washington Post made clear years ago and the Justice Department itself has been concerned about the advice it gave on the subject. So what now?

Meanwhile, this effort at defending the Bush legacy is well worth reading. I would add that the relationship with China - which could have gone horribly wrong - was generally well handled by the Bush team...