George W. Bush: “This Government does not torture people.”

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the…

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.