A Big Test Later Today

Today is the deadline for the administration to release three famous Bush Admin Docs: the 'Torture Memos'.

Most of what is in them has already been leaked. But BHO promised to air this out officially.

That's the part of his promise that I fell in love with.

The NYT is reporting this:

After a tense internal debate, the Obama administration this afternoon will make public a number of detailed memos describing the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency against al Qaeda suspects in secret overseas prisons.

The interrogation methods were among the Bush administration’s most closely guarded secrets, and today’s release will be the most comprehensive public accounting to date of the interrogation program that some senior Obama administration officials have said used illegal torture.

The documents are expected to include Justice Department memos from 2002 and 2005 authorizing the C.I.A. to employ a number of aggressive techniques- including sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme temperatures and “waterboarding,” the near-drowning technique.

This is Pass/Fail Barry ....