The irony of Ron Elving and I putting together the latest edition of our "It's All Politics" podcast at a time Americans are outraged over torture has not been lost on many people. Or, as Ellen Bentley of Prosser, Wash., writes, "Well, there's torture and then there's torture."

Whatever, the decision by the White House to release memos detailing the interrogation techniques of the CIA under the Bush administration has opened up a firestorm of opinions, everything from the desire, by some, to prosecute those responsible for the policies, to the insistence, by others, that the tactics have helped keep the U.S. safe since 9/11.

Also in the podcast: preparing for the 100 Day mark of the Obama presidency, the Jane Harman controversy, the latest in Minnesota and NY 20, and a California gubernatorial update.

And you can hear it all here:

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Credits —
Nonstop talkers: Ron Elving and Ken Rudin
Producer: Marisa Penaloza

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