This is why an investigation will be so good for America. All the facts will come out and it will be no more of this speculation based upon snippets of information and heresay.

And considering Rice is implicated, she is really not a good source. We need an investigation. 

I’m hoping for an actual "truth commision" to determine exactly where the pressure came from to use such desperate techniques on detainees. In addition, I want to know what the Justice Department’s role in contorting our laws to justify such abuse of human rights has been.

To many government commisions have been a wash of the actual facts to concile the guilty. 

During wartime, the constitution gives the president the power to fight with any resources Congress makes available. The executive is expected to do what it takes to protect the nation.

The Patriot Act offers a case in point. In the wake of 9/11, Congress and the administration decided the law was necessary and reasonable. Four years later, they revisited their decision. Some provisions were modified. Some additional oversight measures were added. And lawmakers reauthorized the law. That’s the way the system should work.

This is the same approach the president and the Congress should take to administer the National Security Agency’s surveillance program that intercepts communications between possible terrorists and U.S. persons.

George Bush and his administration did nothing wrong.   They had all of the checks and balances in place.    They had extensive legal advice.    We have not waterboarded since 2003.    If our present administration feels a need to make adjustments,  make them and move on.