Cheney said, "We're going to have to go to the dark side...
Bush said, "We don't Torture; Abu Ghraib was bad apples run amok"
Bush said, "We need to torture, or we're all gonna die, get me a Military Comissions Act to protect our professionals in the field."
John Yoo had been in the back seat from the beginning making Nixon proud "when the president does it, it's not illegal".
And now that the whole goddamn wretched betrayal of the Constitution and our international treaty organizations seems to be unraveling to the point that these bastards all ought to be executed for what they've done, they've got a new defense:
"It's all Nancy Pelosi's fault because she didn't stop us, or tell you."
Can I get a "WTF?"
End diary.