Bush Lawyers Cleared of Misconduct

I pretty much figured it would turn out this way:

The Justice Department has concluded Bush administration lawyers showed poor judgment - not professional misconduct - in writing memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques.

The decision is described in documents sent to lawmakers, capping a two-year examination of the government attorneys who wrote memos that authorized tactics such as waterboarding and enforced nudity to make terror suspects talk.

The conclusion comes from a senior Justice career official who chose to downgrade the harsher finding of misconduct made previously by investigators.

The inquiry centered around one-time government attorneys Jay Bybee, John Yoo and Steven Bradbury, who worked in a Justice Department office that issues interpretations of federal law that are legally binding on executive branch employees.

Sorry, lefties, but the enhanced interrogation techniques were not "torture", and the attorneys that authorized them were not approving torture.

Eric Holder must be very disappointed tonight.