Bush and torture
Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish highlighted this Today segment:
Sullivan's take on it is here:
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/09/youtube_of_the__8.html
I'm not sure I read as cynically as him, but it is clear from this that the president believes that aggresive interrogation techniques are essential. His repeated insistance that getting information is justified because these people want to kill "you and your family" shows that. Of course, I would hope that the government is using all means possible to do that. But it does seem like the administration takes that too far--if what happened at Abu Gharib (and apparently other prisons) is any indication. Probably the most disturbing element of this issue is how much happens without any kind of legal recourse--prisoners without rights of legal appeal or due process. If someone's a bad guy--with knowledge and means--and the threat is imminent, then we can talk about what needs to happen. But there's no assurance of that, and techniques are being used that are the very best questionable.
I don't know if I've ever seen Bush this upset--his body language is quite aggressive.