This pretty much sums it up. Although many here won't find a problem with this way of thinking:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/12/mcclellan-on-letterman-were-screwed/


LETTERMAN: Cheney, is he– is he a goon? ( laughter ) I don’t mean that to be like a smart-ass. He seems like he might be a goon.

McCLELLAN: He is quite an interesting guy. He has a very dark view of the world and he certainly believes that some of the means justify the ends. And this president showed him too much deference, I think, in terms of carrying out policy, whether detainee policy or energy policies or policies relating to the war itself.






>This could get very interesting for "the principals". KSM and other gitmo detainees were recently present at a military tribunal on June 6th, and when the detainees discussed 'torture' during interrogations, the military judge would hit a mute button killing the audio. That button was pushed at least a few times on Thursday when detainees appeared to discuss elements of their early captivity in secret facilities or the way they were treated. Which could be bad for people who authorized waterboarding and other treatment, considering that the US has prosecuted 'waterboarders' for warcrimes. I dont believe there is a mute button in Federal court.
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>Back in April, there were news reports about who the 'deciders' were...
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>In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency,
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>The high-level discussions about these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.
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>At the time, the Principals Committee included Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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>http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/LawPolitics/story?id=4583256
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>>>I have no sympathy for people who would kill us. They are the authors of their own destruction.
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>>Neither do I. It's just that no one's proven these people are in that category yet. Have a real trial rather than a sham military tribunal, then if they're found guilty, do what you will with them.
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>>I just don't understand why the Bush administration is so afraid of having a real trial. Do they think their case is so weak that they have to stack the rules in their favor?
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>>Doug