No accidents here. They knew what they were doing

Anonymous Liberal's interpretation of today's disclosures about Cheney & Co. in the Washington Post:

In other words, the people who were championing the use of these new (illegal) interrogation techniques were specifically warned [by John Yoo, no less] that if military interrogators were permitted to use them, it would be difficult to contain the spread of such practices and abuse was likely. In the best case, these warnings were disregarded, the techniques migrated, and the result was Abu Ghraib. In the worst case (which I suspect is more likely), the use of these enhanced techniques was affirmatively encouraged in all military theatres, not just Guantanamo, and the result was Abu Ghraib. Either way, the Office of the Vice President is directly responsible for stripping away the clear rules that had previously existed regarding the treatment of military detainees, a move that set the stage for what would later happen at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere.