Durbin and Whitehouse call for investigation into authorization of waterboarding.

In a letter to the Justice Department's Inspector General yesterday, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called for "an investigation into the role DOJ officials have played in authorizing the use of waterboarding during interrogations." In their letter, the senators note that Attorney General Michael Mukasey "refused to conduct his own inquiry into the matter."