Logic Bomb: We don't torture, but we need the authority to do so

Sometimes the logic they use just, well, defies logic.  Here's an AP wire today:

"PANAMA CITY, Panama -     President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture.

'There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again,' Bush said. 'So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law.'

He declared, 'We do not torture.'

Over White House opposition, the Senate has passed legislation banning torture. With Vice President Dick Cheney as the point man, the administration is seeking an exemption for the CIA. It was recently disclosed that the spy agency maintains a network of prisons in eastern Europe and Asia, where it holds terrorist suspects."

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Simply put, Mr. President: If we don't torture, and we won't torture, why does the CIA need a Congressional exemption enabling them to conduct torture?