LA Times erased word "torture" in describing Obama nominee's criticism of Bush administration
March 25, 2009 2:47 pm ET
SUMMARY: The Los Angeles Times reported that State Department general counsel nominee Harold Koh "call[ed] a 2002 [Bush administration] memo justifying harsh interrogation methods a 'stain on our national reputation.' " But Koh has repeatedly referred to the conduct sanctioned in the memo as "torture" -- a word the Times did not use.
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