The Bush administration should mark this moment as a turning point in it's reign by implementing new rules of engagement: If we are going to violate international treaty and law, including U.S. law, let's not write memos about it.

Administration memos, including memos from the Department of Justice, have surfaced this week. However, Attorney General John Ashcroft refused to disclose such memos citing executive privilege. This morning on CNN, however, Senator Leahy of Vermont, lead Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, appropriately stated that only the president can cite executive privilege, and being that the president has said he wants to get to the bottom of the prison abuse scandal, and that he knew nothing of the orders to "torture" the prisoners, Ashcroft should release all documents related to the matter.

One of these memos includes the "argument that the president, as commander-in-chief, is not bound to observe international laws against torture, or even a 1996 U.S. law enacted to comply with the U.N.-sponsored Convention Against Torture."
Source: Newsweek

As his supporters say, Bush is a "man of conviction," and they are right. Bush soon will be convicted of impeachable crimes.

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