We still do not torture

The 2005 Justice Department memos that Congress would like a look at reportedly authorize the use of head slaps, freezing temperatures and waterboarding while interrogating terror suspects. They were issued after the 2004 Justice memo that declared torture “abhorrent.” Which, of course, isn’t quite the same as saying don’t do it.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller sent a letter to the acting attorney general saying the administration's credibility is at risk if the documents are not turned over to Congress.

Which is like threatening me with the loss of my Rolls-Royce.

“This country does not torture,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters. “It is a policy of the United States that we do not torture, and we do not.”

Compare that with “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” and tell me if the country is moving in the right direction.