Promises made can be promises hard to keep. Guess Obama didn't quite work out the details when he made his promise to close Gitmo. Hopefully he is learning from his on the job training.

Of course. Because Bush and his buddies are part of the Repbulican party McCain adores, they'd rather see them get away with their illegal activities because it sets a precedent that gvt can do whatever it wants. Sorry, not buying.

Why didn't we hang Nixon and his cronies?

Did JFK know about the Mafia connections to his election, or was he too naive to figure it out?

I do not agree with torture. but our enemies do and they do not abideby the rules we normally do. i do not know if the president authorised the torture but it is doubtful. that sort of thing is usually done by someone lower down the chain. the president askes for information. and some general says get the information no matter what it takes. then since it is an order during a time of war the guys lower down have to obey or else face a firing squad or prison themselves.
i do not think there shold be any more debates and inqueries about the people that did the torture or authorized it. the fact remains that the prisoners are still prisoners. I do not see a reason they can not go home if they are inocent. if not then leave them in prison. Don't waste tax payer money by building a new prison either that is wasteful when the one they are in will work just fine. Just change the management of the prison. change the guards. problem solved.
As for the war... humanity needs to grow up. stop fighting about childish things like race, religion, nationality, and such. it has more pressing maters to worry about. like the environment. no one wins if it goes in the crapper. the governments of the world need to realize that we can go extinct just as the dinosaurs did.