Check out this video clip of Lauer interviewing Bush. Note the aggressive body language, the smug dissonance of a lifetime of privilege, the petulant yet threatening dismissals of this little man who deigns question our Dear Decider:

What I find most fascinating about this is Bush’s tacit admission that he, in fact, condones the use of at least one form of illegal and vicious torture – waterboarding – against prisoners of war. In other words, if Lauer were to stare him dead in the eyes and ask whether he condones the use of, say … shoving rabid deermice up the rectums of terrorists in order to glean information, Bush would simply laugh and deny it. I mean, some things are just so beyond the bounds of reason and rationality that Bush would simply call Lauer nuts and dismiss the notion of any truth to such an outrageous accusation.

But, I suppose accusing Bush of waterboarding is not such an outrageous claim after all. I guess it all depends on what you mean by “within the bounds of the law.”