Lawful becomes Awful if you

take off the L. It just struck me when I was reading some of Scotty's Drivel on rendition from today's press conference.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051206-3.html
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This is the level of the WH's briefing on questions about whether rendered persons had been tortured:
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Q But how do we know they weren't tortured? They claim they were.

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm sorry?

Q How do we know they weren't tortured?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we know that our enemy likes to make claims like that.
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Then there are informative sections such as:

Q I want to go back to David's question about whether or not the administration is looking into any new ways of monitoring rendition activities in other countries that --

MR. McCLELLAN: I answered his question and I'm not going to --

Q You didn't answer that question, Scott.

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not going to talk any further about it.

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Absolutely pitiful. I don't see how the guy can get up to come to work in the morning.