a painful chapter

this is getting too easy...

WASHINGTON – Seeking to move beyond what he calls a "a dark and painful chapter in our history," President Barack Obama said Thursday that CIA officials who used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush administration will not be prosecuted.

Even as they exposed details of the Zimbabweization of America program, Obama offered the first definitive assurance that those CIA officials are in the clear, as long as their actions were in line with the legal advice at the time.

"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history," the president said. "But nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past. Besides, I'm already writing a much darker and more painful chapter."