Recently, my friend made me sit down and listen to the This American Life episode featuring Lynndie England. I’d recommend it to anyone who feels uncomfortable with the fact that only England and her cohort at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have been prosecuted for torturing detainees. The radio piece might not improve your opinion of England at all: She expresses neither great outrage nor great regret over her role in the crimes at Abu Ghraib and her subsequent trial, conviction, and imprisonment. But it illustrates how horribly insignificant her fall from grace is as a corrective for the U.S. torture and mistreatment of detainees around the world. One bad apple in an orchard that’s still suffering from blight.

So it’s a shame to read today that the Library of Congress was forced to cancel a lecture by England promoting her biography, Tortured: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and the Photographs That Shocked the World. The organizer, veteran and LoC German acquisitions specialist David Moore, has received death threats, which is awful. In a disappointing turn, Moore blames the influential defense policy blog Small Wars Journal for inspiring the threats. The post’s author, Moe Davis, opposes England’s lecture, arguing that England should not be invited to promote her book at the Library after her dishonorable discharge. I’d argue that England, at the very least, served time for her crimes, whereas it would not be out of the ordinary to see former Vice President Dick Cheney or former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speak there, despite the fact that they have not. But no matter. Ultimately, the Library is a place for addressing even reprehensible ideas.

In lieu of that talk, I’d recommend checking out that TAL episode. And for more on the torture prosecutions we’re not seeing, you’ll definitely want to check in with my friend and roommate Spencer Ackerman, who live-blogged the Netroots Nation panel on torture prosecutions.