It appears that something more substantial than discussing Sarkosyâs thinned skinned and authoritarian style or Qaddafiâs voluptuous Ukranian blonde was at stake in those recently released wikleaks diplomatic cables. In fact. Something deeply disappointing and a little sinister. In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspectsâfor attempting, in short, to legalize torture.