Seems like one of the "bad apples" the Republicans claimed were responsible for torture is George Bush himself:
WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including one signed by President George W. Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
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The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one document, as described by the ACLU, is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees."
The second document, according to the group is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top Al Qaeda members."
International Herald Tribune Link is here. Story is by David Johnston of the NYT.
This is why the Reich Wing hates the ACLU. Man, it SUCKS when the truth comes out, don't it?
So, how 'bout a show of hands. I want to see all those people who say we shouldn't impeach and convict and imprison these war criminals. C'mon, you know you're out there!
Here's a link - it's a .PDF - to the CIA's letter to the ACLU as well.
So we now know Bush is directly responsible for these things:
And in fact these soldiers were following the orders from their COMMANDER BAD-APPLE IN CHIEF:
And these photos are, as we now know, just the tip of the iceberg.
And now Bush has the legal authority to take anybody, anywhere, even one of us, and do it to them.
Tell me again why we should keep him in office until January 2009?