Ouch, man... ouch. Somehow I don't think it was really a mistake.

ABC News reports that the "Principals Committee" - Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, and John Ashcroft - approved the use of torture, including waterboarding. How many "bad apples" are there?

In these two excerpts from Bill Moyers Journal, Jack Goldsmith, former head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, gives an insider's view of advising the President on the limits of executive... more inside

As the US Attorney scandal rages, another Alberto Gonzales scandal has flared up - this time concerning his pressuring then A.G. John Ashcroft to sign domestic spying orders when Ashcroft James B. Comey,... more inside