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"The United States does not torture. It is against our laws. And it is against our values. I have not authorized it. And I will not authorize it." That was the soundbite NBC's Andrea Mitchell played from President George Bush. Mitchell pointed out that he made that declaration a year after then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had "despite dissent on his staff" secretly authorized interrogations using head slaps, water boards and frigid temperatures--and "several practices simultaneously." Mitchell quoted unnamed "officials" as asserting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, too, knew about Gonzales' memoranda even as she "promised US allies that the administration does not use torture." Concluded Mitchell: "It depends on what your definition of torture is."
UPDATE: the networks' disatrous story selection was the target of Bob Garfield's (audio link) wrath on public radio's On The Media.
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