It's downright embarrassing when our president can't even answer a simple question without resorting to his one now-overused talking point. If I only had a brain...:
The State Department warned the White House two years ago that rejecting international standards against torture when dealing with detainees could put U.S. troops at risk.
A department memo from Feb. 2, 2002, surfaced Thursday as President Bush (news - web sites) said he ordered U.S. officials to follow the law while interrogating suspected terrorists. Bush sidestepped an opportunity to denounce the use of torture.
'What I've authorized is that we stay within U.S. law,' Bush told reporters at the close of the G-8 summit in Georgia.
