Boehner admits that we torture:

While cable news outlets and major newspapers continue to use euphemisms such as “harsh interrogation tactics” to describe the Bush administration’s approach to intelligence gathering, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) used a more succinct term Thursday: “torture.”

“Last week, they released these memos outlining torture techniques. That was clearly a political decision and ignored the advice of their Director of National Intelligence and their CIA director,” Boehner said at a press conference in the Capitol.

So if it is torture and not an “enhanced interrogation technique” then it is illegal. Very simple. Thanks for helping seal convictions John!

We also can’t overlook the fact that torture leads to war – especially in Fox News:

Think Progress has more on this.