I meant to post this weeks ago, when the news first came out. quoting from sources such as: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4622940 Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: report WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush's most senior advisers approved "enhanced interrogation techniques" of top al-Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency, ABC News reported on Wednesday ABC reported that the so-called "principals" discussed interrogation details in dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House. ... In addition to Rice, the principals at the time included Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft, the report said. ... ABC cited a top official as saying that Ashcroft asked aloud after one meeting: "Why are we talking about this in the White House? History will not judge this kindly." ...Bush Administration may have instituted an illegal torture program - but blamed "a few bad apples" (i.e. soldiers) for it.