"Questions of torture, abuse rooted in Bush-era decisions"

So it appears as if United States isn't as holy as it is put out to be. There has been a debate going on recently about the tactics of CIA interrogation. After the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, the Bush Administration created the legal basis for aggressive interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists. The techniques included waterboarding, slapping, sleep deprivation, and enclosing prisoners in confined spaces with insects. The techniques were detailed in legal memos one from 2002 and three from 2003. They were recently released in April but the Obama Administration. They also claimed that the techniques they were using were legal and constitutional. President Obama has issued a ban in this kind of interrogation and has ordered that the US Army field manual be used as a guide for CIA interrogations. In the photos in this article, there were Iraqi prisoners that were naked and made to stand in humiliating positions. There was even a picture of a prisoner tied up with wires hooked onto his fingers. Unfortunately this kind of treatment to another human being is what we have to live with in modern day America. I just feel sick and disappointed that the Bush Administration allowed this as a means of interrogation. I can't imagine the feeling of terror and hopelessness that was going through the minds of these prisoners.

What do you think about the choice by the Bush Admin to allow this kind of torture? Good decision or not?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/19/detainee.abuse.overview/index.html