The Democrats were all over the Republicans about the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Bush Administration. Obama is having none of that he says. Looking back, Bush started harsh interrogation because we didn't want to use rendition that Clinton had been using. In rendition we turned over suspects to other countries where they were questioned, apparently with methods that everyone would agree were serious torture. Now it turns out that Obama is essentially using rendition again; except that now we identify suspects and have them apprehended by other countries rather than apprehending them ourselves. I suppose that makes all of the difference; but to me, Obama is just a hypocrite. Here is an article about this issue.