From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The Bush administration and possible war crimes.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

For the first time,

a senior Bush administration official says the U.S. military tortured a suspected terrorist at Guantanamo Bay.

Susan Crawford's in charge of military commissions there, a retired judge who was Inspector General when Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense.

Cheney, of course, has denied that torture

has ever been used, but Crawford's conclusion adds fuel to demands for criminal investigation.

Today we'll talk about accountability, the rule of law, and national security.

On reporter's notebook later on, well, don't ask, don't tell, become a thing of the past. First, here's the news.

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rockfound.org. Hello again, Marman Alney, back with To the Point. Should the Bush administration

should its officials be investigated for war crimes? Barack Obama has been lukewarm toward that idea,

but today, a Bush administration insider is saying there was torture at Guantanamo Bay.

Should somebody be called to account?

Where should the buck stop?

On reporter's notebook, Obama says he'll go where Bill Clinton feared to tread

and let gays and lesbians serve openly in the armed forces.

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