Reply #48: I have been thinking about this and I think the Aug date is the key...

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that Bush signed an "executive finding" which may or not be a "presidential finding" in August that took the previous "presidential findings" on treatment of prisoners further than it had been allowed before.

I am wondering this: Was the August document specific to the Iraqi prisoners, spelling out the kinds of treatment that can be used against Iraqis that shows definitive approval of torture that is in contravention of the Geneva Conventions? It was in August that Miller went to Iraq and recommended "Gitmoizing" the prison. I took this from the Sy Hersh article:

"Cambone sought to assure the Senate Armed Services Committee that the interplay between Miller and Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, had only a casual connection to his office."

At this point, everything is working towards Rumsfeld, a document signed by the Pres in August re torture would have the same impact as the Nixon tapes, imo.