How Bush Rules: Torture and The Quest For Unfettered Power

How Bush Rules: Torture and The Quest For Unfettered Power: "'We do not torture,' President Bush has said time and again. But Bush has approved techniques that are defined as torture under the Geneva Conventions. In fact, he abrogated U.S. compliance with Article 3 of the Conventions that specifically prohibits torture. Indeed, his then White House counsel and now attorney general Alberto Gonzales contemptuously referred to the Conventions as 'quaint.'"

(Via Think Progress.)