Could US Go After Bush Administration For Torture?

Are there workings on going after high level members of the Bush administration for their part when it comes to the interrogation tactics used on detainees? Obama has closed the door for CIA agents and interrogators but that doesn't include higher ups.

Obama has left it open as to whether high level members of the Bush team could be tried for their part in the torture of detainees held in the war on terror. As President Obama admitted that the United States has lost "our moral bearings" he opened up the doors to the possibility of going after Bush administration officials who vouched for their legality. The ball is now in the court of the attorney general who must decide if there is a case within the parameters of various laws. The reason behind for going after members of the CIA is quite simple. They were following orders. In times of war those under the highest powers who follow their superiors orders should never have to fear the hammer coming down on them. As Obama spoke so did former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney insists that the United States has done nothing wrong.

The Daily Mail reports:

'Since the U.S. provides most leadership in the world, I don't think we have much to apologise for,' said Cheney.

'One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent disclosure is they put out the legal memos, the memos that the CIA got from the Office of Legal Counsel, but they didn't put out the memos that showed the success of the effort,' Cheney told Fox News last night.

Torture techniques like water-boarding are now illegal. It was one of the first steps that President Obama did coming into the White House.