Religious groups want torture investigation

At least some religious groups aren’t so blinded by allegiance to the Republican Party and the actions of George W. Bush that they don’t want an accounting of what was done in our name in the post 9/11 world.

A group calling itself the National Religious Campaign Against Torture wants an investigation into allegations that illegal and unethical medical experiments were performed on detainees following the attacks on the United States.

It’s a welcome change in stance from many in the religious community, particularly on the religious right, who uttered not a peep about the tactics used in the so-called War on Terror of the Bush administration.

Of course, it will be interesting to see whether the Obama administration is willing to delve into these allegations, given the current president’s inclination to let bygones be bygones when it comes to the treatment meted out to prisoners and civilians in the past nine years.