Bush Says Torture Is Ok

President Bush has vetoed a bill that would have, among other things, restricted certain interrogation methods. Here’s Bush explaining why:

My disagreement over section 327 is not over any particular interrogation technique; for instance, it is not over waterboarding, which is not part of the current CIA program. Rather, my concern is the need to maintain a separate CIA program that will shield from disclosure to al Qaeda and other terrorists the interrogation techniques they may face upon capture. In accordance with a clear purpose of the “Military Commissions Act of 2006,” my veto is intended to allow the continuation of a separate and classified CIA interrogation program that the Department of Justice has determined is lawful and that operates according to rules distinct from the more general rules applicable to the Department of Defense. While I will continue to work with the Congress on the implementation of laws passed in this area in recent years, I cannot sign into law a bill that would prevent me, and future Presidents, from authorizing the CIA to conduct a separate, lawful intelligence program, and from taking all lawful actions necessary to protect Americans from attack.

Let’s see, the Department of Justice said that waterboarding, which is torture, is legal. Bush throws in his usual ‘the United States does not torture’ as if somehow saying it often enough will make it true. The US under Bush has tortured people and probably still is and their convoluted logic given by Mukasey says no one will be held accountable. I can’t wait until he’s gone.