Change of Heart?

" Right there one President Obama authorized the release of secret details concerning the interrogation of torture suspects. He said that there would be no prosecution of the agents who had carried those out. But today the president said that the people who ordered or devised those methods. Might not be in the clear senior White House correspondent Major Garrett reports on the change of heart by the new commander in cheap."

" Credit so we we during an Oval Office meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah President Obama for the first time in his presidency and an apparent contradiction of his own White House staff. Explicitly opened the door to Justice Department prosecutions. Of Bush Administration lawyers and policy makers. Who approved enhanced interrogation techniques have captured terrorists -- respect to. Those who formulated those legal decisions. I would say. That is going to be more of a decision for the attorney general within the parameters. Various laws fan and I don't want to prejudgment. The president also said in reversal of position taken -- his first press conference that he would consider a commission to investigate the interrogation saga so long he said as it avoided partisan Rinker. -- to extent that there are independent. Participants. Who are above. Reproach. An effort -- building. That would probably be a more sensible. Approach to -- on Sunday the president's chief of staff appeared to rule out prosecutions of Bush Administration figures. Who advised the CIA that enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. Seen here in a military demonstration video we're legally permissible against terrorist suspects such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a -- The administration had already ruled out prosecuting CIA operatives who performed these interrogations. -- those who divide -- that he believes that they were should not be prosecuting their. And it's not the place we go and yesterday press secretary Robert Gibbs appeared to affirm -- manuals comments when asked why Bush Administration lawyers involved in the interrogation policy should not be investigated or charged. The president's focus on looking for. That's up to -- give struggle to reconcile the statements -- over and over to the president's remarks today. -- know -- Whether or not anybody was confused or misspoken I would think with the president says it's. Before we got more votes than either of the two Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were perplexed. We're sort of -- to know what is the policy or the position of the administration because now claims to be somewhat confusing. Since Sunday senate Democrats such as Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Dianne Feinstein of California back by the left wing group moveon.org. Have lobbied the administration to keep prosecution options opened for bush lawyers and policy makers and other Democrats today applauded the president's move and."

" I don't think they should be given through this -- for the car bomb. Reprieve from those who designed the policy since super croc files."

" The White House denied vowing to pressure have not. I don't the president has been on moveon.org. In the last 24. So anyway. When asked if the trail of criminal responsibility could lead all the way to former President Bush but -- would not say things I'm the president believes that nobody in the country. Usable you'll war. I just don't want to prejudged. Him when you're continue. Since the president late release the office of legal counsel memos on Thursday administration officials have taken pains not to use the word torture in describing the enhanced interrogation techniques advisers have said they were given no specific guidance for the Justice Department not to use that term but they said it's important be precise. President suggests they're using. Precise language avoid using the word torture to keep their legal prosecution options open."

" Amazing store manager on the economy shifting gears here construction equipment maker caterpillar announced first quarter losses today. And apparently partially blamed the president's stimulus plan for that. Well settled that. This is a very big ironic story -- because as the president was pushing his stimulus bill through congress he went east Peoria Illinois to a caterpillar factory and said. That this stimulus bill would in fact help that company since then had bad profit numbers laypeople often today its Chief Executive Officer said. The stimulus bill with a missed opportunity because it wasn't as aggressive and infrastructure spending SA countries like China. Robert Gibbs today -- there's always tension between expectations and delivery of government spending he said what -- still believes the stimulus bill will work out. Major tax treasures."