SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM ADMITS WHAT MANY OF US ALREADY KNEW

The criminal Bush regime decided that the Rule of Law was not applicable in its War on Terror. (h/t Steve Benen at Washington Monthly)

"Here's what I think happened [after Sept. 11, 2001]: the nation was rattled. The administration went on the offensive and they looked at some statutes on the book as a way I wouldn't have looked at. They were very aggressive. They were going to make sure this didn't happen again, and they tried to come up with interrogation techniques, evaluating the law in a way I disagree with their evaluation. But there is not one iota of doubt in my mind they were trying to protect the nation.

"But they made mistakes. They saw the law, many times, as a nicety that we couldn't afford.

"So, they took a very aggressive interpretation of what the law would allow, and that came back to bite us. It always does.

"But that's not a crime. What we have to understand as a nation, is the fact that we embrace the rule of law is a strength, not a weakness."