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Supposedly Bush was the leader, and should set the example.And so Bush is the only one who's ever crossed the line?
As far as I'm aware everyone IN CONGRESS crossed the line when they knew what was going on and they permitted it to happen, anyway.
In order for it to be considered unconstitutional - it first must be declared as 'torture' by the Supreme Court. You can't just decide that "this is torture . . . that is not" because *you* feel that way. In order to punish someone there must be a defined law which is broken or a regulation which is determined to be violated.
Bush wasn't some Monarch gone crazy like Vlad the Impaler. He wasn't the only say-so in this decision. Many had the knowledge and power to speak out against him or to try to stop his decisions from going through - and some did try - but many did not and no one actually took necessary steps to stop him.
So instead of pointing fingers and crying for his blood perhaps you should actually hold EVERYONE accountable who is at fault for the wrongdoing. He is but one figure in the entire picture.
And he's not the only president to ever cross the line with the support of Congress.
He failed.
So it's a game of 'follow the leader' hunh? That defense hasn't worked for anyone as so far.
But that doesn't negate my point: there's a proper procedure to bring such charges against our president. . .if people really want to bring him under the judicial eye they need to follow that procedure.