Bush says he never authorized illegal interrogations.

Attorney General John Ashcroft and now President Bush are carefully choosing their language regarding what and wasn't authorized in regards to interrogation techniques. In case you missed it, Ashcroft was pressed by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week to release memos drafted in 2002 and 2003 on the matter. Upon replying he wouldn't release the memo, which he did without claiming executive privilege, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) told Ashcroft he could be held in contempt of Congress if he didn't provide the requested information.