This Memo looks more like it was actually written by a ’scared to death’ Gonzo – nobody else would touch it! It’s arguably a written justification/rationalization for a War Crime, or War Crimes – already committed or duly intended to be carried out.

The fact that Bush signed this Memo himself might say a lot about whom he was willing to ‘over-rule’ to get his way.

There might be other Bush-signed Memos? Stacks of Declarations of “Non-Combatant Status” signed by Bush on people like Kurnaz (sp), whom he may have been ‘too proud’ to recognize the innocence of (not to mention because it also would mean that Kurnaz would be ‘free’ to charge the Bush Administration with the War Crime of Waterboarding him,) and whom was left in Hell for a few more years, iirc.

There may have been more than a few aspects of Bush’s Torture Program that nobody was willing to touch, and for whom Bush ‘had’ to put his authorizations in writing. We know the CIA, for instance, made *somebody* sign for the freight on every enhanced interrogation tactic they used on each detainee, so who knows what other ‘nuanced and complex’ issues required Smirky’s Magic “Deciderer” Wand?

With Memos like the No Geneva Memo out there – and the possiblity of others – Bush has every reason to resist Process and Oversight, out of self-interest to hide what already looks like more than sufficient probable cause for a Grand Jury Indictment on any number of Serious Charges.

Wasn’t it for just this sort of *impasse* with the Executive Branch that the Constitution envisioned a tool for prying out the whole Truth, so The People could see for themselves and decide – What is the Right Thing to do in the face of these Serious Charges of Executive Misconduct?

a tremendous public and political fallout

if that hasn’t happened yet, it ain’t happenin’.

“We don’t have to treat the “unlawful combatants” humanely, but we will because we are the United States of America…now Waterboard him!”