With that headline, he really must be the Messiah??
But when I clicked on the Yahoo front page headline, the headline below popped up.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/torture_memosObama: No charges for harsh CIA interrogation
By JENNIFER LOVEN and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers 1 hr 58 mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama absolved CIA officers from prosecution for harsh, painful interrogation of terror suspects Thursday, even as his administration released Bush-era memos graphically detailing — and authorizing — such grim tactics as slamming detainees against walls, waterboarding them and keeping them naked and cold for long periods.
Human rights groups and many Obama officials have condemned such methods as torture. Bush officials have vigorously disagreed.
In releasing the documents, the most comprehensive accounting yet of interrogation methods that were among the Bush administrations most closely guarded secrets, Obama said he wanted to move beyond "a dark and painful chapter in our history."
Past and present CIA officials had unsuccessfully pressed for more parts of the four legal memos to be kept secret, and some critics argued the release would make the United States less safe.
Michael Hayden, who led the CIA under George W. Bush, said CIA officers will now be more timid and allies will be more reluctant to share sensitive intelligence.........................