Obama's Internal Debate re: Releasing Torture Memos

(via Armando) Some veteran reporters over at the Post report on how there was a divide in the Cabinet (mostly the CIA vs. everyone else) over whether to release the torture memos. Obama, true to form, gathered both sides and aired it out. This is pretty cool:

Seated in Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's West Wing office with about a dozen of his political, legal and security appointees, Obama requested a mini-debate in which one official was chosen to argue for releasing the memos and another was assigned to argue against doing so. When it ended, Obama dictated on the spot a draft of his announcement that the documents would be released, while most of the officials watched, according to an official who was present. The disclosure happened the next day.