Saturday syndrome

Today's Washington Post continues the tradition, noted here before, of submerging stories that reflect poorly on our permanent national security state in the least-read edition of the week: "Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA."

Credit where credit is due -- the story's on the front page, and the subhead actually contains the magic word: "Foreign Terror Suspects Tell of Torture."

Apologies for lack of posting. The pace may or may not pick up; I'm trying to stay away from politics for my own mental health. This story speaks too strongly to what got me involved in political work to ignore.