The interrogation policies undertaken and authorized by President Bush and those in his administration have trampled on the most fundamental values of our nation.  As a country, we have a responsibility to investigate which administration officials authorized the use of torture, hold those responsible accountable, and then move forward.

“These were policies developed, undertaken, and executed by members of the Bush administration.  They should be the ones answering the questions.

“Attempts to derail this process by creating a smokescreen around which Members of Congress were told what, and when, ignores the profound responsibility that those of us in Congress have to get to the bottom of the Bush administration’s detainee policy.”