Bush’s Approved Torture … in 2003?

[babsbunny]

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/30/bushs-approved-torture-in-2003/

A number of people have pointed to a comment Bush made in MI on Thursday about his role in approving torture. Here's how CNN described it:

Bush spoke in broad strokes about how he proceeded after the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in March 2003.

"The first thing you do is ask, what's legal?" he said. "What do the lawyers say is possible? I made the decision, within the law, to get information so I can say to myself, 'I've done what it takes to do my duty to protect the American people.' I can tell you that the information we got saved lives."

Here's how Eartha Jane Meltzer from MI Messenger described it:

[madeline_con]

1. Is that a question?

The answer is a resounding YES!

[Botany]

2. bush: What do the lawyers say is possible?

John Yoo would have said anything you wanted him to say.