Rice: Bush Said Torture Was Okay

"Is waterboarding torture?'' a student asks, pressing.

"The president instructed us that nothing we would do would be outside our legal obligations,'' Rice replies. "We were told, nothing that violates our obligation under the convention against torture.

"By defintion,'' Rice explains, "if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations.'' Swamp

What else would she say? The Bush administration abused their power.