Obama says he will ban waterboarding

An directive to that effect could also close CIA “black sites.” (The story doesn’t explicitly call it an “executive order,” but I assume that’s what it would be.)

Props where props are due. With the fringe benefit. Unclear if this would do anything to touch CIA renditions.

And, even if Obama naively, or for worse reasons, won’t “look backward” with a special prosecutor, this executive order could maybe be evidentiary in civil suits.