It's only torture

Like a badly infected wound, the sticky pus continues to drip out. Michael has a nice analysis, making sure that we don't miss all the scoops by Dana Priest's latest peeling back of the onion of sanctioned torture and the crowning of the boy king.

Tortue Memo Enthusiastically Approved at Highest Levels; CIA Getting Cold Feet

And that royalism stuff about how if the President says it’s legal people who rely on that shouldn’t be prosecuted, and how Congress, even when approving or implementing treaties (“the supreme Law of the Land” - US Constitution) has no ability to in any way limit the full, plenary, unstoppable power of the President when acting as Commander in Chief? Well, all that was not just approved but demanded and applauded from the top:

A Justice Department official said Tuesday at a briefing that the [OLC] went “beyond what was asked for,” but other lawyers and administration officials said the memo was approved by the department’s criminal division and by the office of Attorney General John D. Ashcroft.

In addition, Timothy E. Flanigan — then deputy White House counsel — discussed a draft of the document with lawyers at the Office of Legal Counsel before it was finalized, the officials said. David S. Addington, Cheney’s counsel, also weighed in with remarks during at least one meeting he held with Justice lawyers involved with writing the opinion. He was particularly concerned, sources said, that the opinion include a clear-cut section on the president’s authority.

Yep, Michael Moore and a couple of loons who submitted ads to MoveOn.org are far more important than sanctioned torture and the breach of the constitution by our administration. I mean, don't you know that Michael Moore is fat?