My colleague Jim Ludes already flagged this story from the Washington Post (Detainee’s Harsh Treatment Foiled No Plots).  There are at least three significant issues I’d like to stress as well.
First, regardless of whether torture can ever work in the abstract, I think we need to be very skeptical about the utility of torture as [...]

General David Petraeus spoke eloquently this morning about the need to preserve our values even as we prosecute a fight against those who would do us harm.
Asked by CNN’s John King about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that President Obama was making America less safe, General Petraeus said:
PETRAEUS: Well, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with [...]

There is a news story out today that the CIA confirmed destroying 92 videotapes of interrogations of terrorist-suspects since 9/11/2001.
According to the AP, the tapes
were destroyed, in part, to protect the identities of the government questioners at a time the Justice Department was debating whether the tactics used during the interrogations—which are believed to have [...]

From the NYT: Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open
Here are the key section:
Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to [...]

In Jordan, Construction as Anti-Extremism
Shifting Policy Toward ‘Axis of Evil’
Buses Bombed in China
Limited Food, Water Forcing Tough Choices in the Middle East, North Africa
ETA Bombing in Spain

UK Can No Longer Rely on US Assurances on Torture, Panel Reports

Red Cross Reported US Methods Were Torture
US General Predicts Iraqi Army and Police Ready by mid-2009
Weighing Peace against Justice in Sudan
Falsified Image of Iranian Missile Tests

Commentary: Indecisive Policy Toward Iran
US Interrogation Tactics Modeled on Former Chinese Methods
Poll Shows Lessening Fear of Terrorism
France’s Terrorism Strategy Criticized by Human Rights Activists

North Korea Destroys Cooling Tower
Coalition Urges Torture Ban for National Security
Sri Lanka Makes Gains Against Tamil Tigers

Nice summary of recent developments on the torture front from Phillip Carter’s intelligence blog.
Oddly enough, I think we are missing a key issue in the discussion.  Much of the coverage of the torture issue has focused on the process by which it was authorized.  Much of the commentary has been either pro or against torture [...]

Mullen Says Stop Loss Will Continue
Israeli Cabinet Votes for Truce in Gaza
Afghanistan Seeks $50 Billion in Financial Assistance
Congressional Computers Targeted by Foreign Hackers
Top Secret Intelligence Files on Al Qaeda Left on UK Train
Commentary: Laura Bush Reports on Afghanistan
Commentary: Outsourcing Interrogation