Yeah, just a few rogue MPs...

Reuters reports some disturbing news on the torture of Iraqi prisoners and Gitmo detainees:

Another FBI e-mail made available in the same package said that President Bush had issued an executive order authorizing a series of harsh methods for interrogations.

The White House said no such directive existed and Justice Department and FBI officials echoed the denial.

The similarities of techniques used by the "rogue" MPs at Abu Ghraib and in Gitmo strongly suggest that it was authorized by the chain-of-command. Either some "rogue" civilian employees in the Pentagon have been suggesting (lying about) the existance of such an executive order to justify their orders (Wolfie), or the executive order exists and the Whitehouse is lying.