Charles Colson, the man who thought he should whatever it takes to secure Richard Nixon’s reelection, now thinks that the authorities should do whatever it takes to gain information from terror suspects:
“It is well understood in Christian tradition that while we are supposed to obey the law, there may be times when there is a higher obligation (see Aquinas, Augustine, and Martin Luther King). To rescue a drowning person, a Christian would be justified in disobeying a “no trespassing” sign. So it is with torture; if a competent authority honestly believed that this was the only way to get information that might save the lives of thousands, I believe he would be justified. That is not moral relativism. It is making a difficult decision when human life and dignity will be affected either way. “
The moral clueleness is simply staggering. Anyway, wasn’t he supposed to have changed?
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