ABSTRACT
For those of us hoping for a radical departure from Bush-era interrogation and detention policies, Barack Obama’s record on torture is thus far profoundly disappointing. Upon taking oce in 2009, Obama formally repudiated torture and soon called for the release of some of the worst of the Bush administration’s torture memos. Yet as 2011 draws to a close, President Obama has for the most part failed to honor his commitment to reverse the shameful Bush legacy of state-sponsored torture, extraordinary rendition and indenite detention.
