I'd vaguely remembered reading this somewhere today, and just came upon this article from AP. As I recall, the White House said they were made aware of the abuse allegations this past January or so. If so, I'd love to see what the White House lawyer said exactly to the court last month in his denial that torture ever takes place, and then see if he can be disbarred for lying before a court. I'll say it again, for uber-Christian holier-than-thou Bible-thumpers, these guys lie like a sack of shit.
The cases were argued at the court last month before the publication of graphic images of prisoner abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. Those photographs seem to undercut part of the Bush administration's argument that the executive branch should be trusted, with limited court interference, in its decisions about detainees.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had asked a White House lawyer during court arguments what an inmate was to do if he was being tortured as part of interrogation. The lawyer responded that the government does not use torture.
