An excellent article that gives the basic facts about how Bush et al just admitted that they have been keeping prisoners secretly locked up in foreign countries, most likely to get around America's anti-torture laws.
"Tortured Logic" - from The Economist
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7887925&CFID=92569108&CFTOKEN=32e1c64-e468bb62-8595-43b6-8f6f-74619a26c4d5