Colvin torture testimony – editorial roundup

Here is a roundup of newspaper editorials about Richard Colvin's tesimony about Canadian military and civilian complicity in torture. Globe and Mail: If his account is correct, the federal government was so determined to turn a blind eye to the treatment of the detainees by the Afghan National Directorate of Security and police that it discouraged record-keeping and other documentation – highly uncharacteristic behaviour in any bureaucracy. On this, Mr. Colvin gave evidence from his own direct experience, not hearsay. The word “cover-up,” which evokes the Watergate scandal and a concealment of wrongdoing within an institution, or even obstruction of justice, may be...