Bush personally authorized torture
The CIA has admitted that Bush provided a signed authorization for the torture and detention of terror suspects.
Bush was the "authorizer" who personally signed a directive permitting (requiring?) the torture of so called terror suspects.
From TalkingPointsMemo.com:
C.I.A. Tells of Bush's Directive on the Handling of Detainees
"The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by President Bush, that have guided the agency’s interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
"The C.I.A. referred to the documents in a letter sent Friday from the agency’s associate general counsel, John L. McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union....
"The second document, according to the group, is a Justice Department legal analysis 'specifying interrogation methods that the C.I.A. may use against top Al Qaeda members.'” (NY Times)
