I have this theory that the establishment press -- the same press that cheerlead the Whitewater/Lewinsky investigation -- is so adamantly against a torture investigation because it's becoming clear that torture was used to justify the invasion of Iraq. And Iraq was an historic failure of the establishment press. So at the end of the day, the press might be seen as further complicit in a war that was also supported by torture.
Regardless, it's clear that very serious people like David Broder have no interest in revisiting the run-up to Iraq. You know, because they failed so miserably to do their jobs.