During President Obama’s first prime time press conference tonight, he was asked his opinion of Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) proposal to start a comprehensive
“„I haven’t seen the proposal so I don’t want to express an opinion on something I haven’t seen. What I have said is my administration is going to operate in a way that leaves no doubt that we do not torture, that we abide by the Geneva conventions, and we abide our traditions of rule of law and due process as we vigorously go after terrorists who are doing us harm.
“„My view is also that nobody is above the law and if there are clear instances of wrongdoing people should be prosecuted just like ordinary citizens. But generally speaking I’m more interested in looking forward than I am in looking backwards.