Extremely weird CAP spokesperson
Glenn Greenwald wonders what on earth the Center for American Progress is thinking when it prepped Erica Williams):
Last Friday, CNN hosted a panel debate on torture and investigations with two conservatives and two liberals (Daily Kos’ David Waldman and Center for American Progress’ Erica Williams). Waldman did a genuinely masterful job of arguing the case against torture and for investigations — you can watch the five-minute segment here — but, bizarrely, the representative for CAP joined in with the two conservatives against Waldman to insist that there be no investigations. This is what she said:
The American people right now are actually not interested in this sideshow and this discussion. The American people are interested in looking forward — nobody is concerned anymore with what the Bush administration was doing and did. We decided it was torture. Conservatives may or may not disagree. None of that matters at this point and time.
I wonder how Williams reconciles her claims about what “the American people” are and are not interested in with this: …
Continue reading. And read this powerful post by Jane Hamsher, which includes a video of David Waldman pointing out how the story has been misreported—and what the story actually is.
