"I was just following orders"

The decision by the Obama Administration to not prosecute CIA officials for violations of law using “enhanced interrogation” techniques is regrettable. Even conservative Fox News legal experts concur that these acts were illegal despite the amateurish legal opinions of the Bush Justice Department. It is a sad chapter in our history, and only made worse by not holding those who are responsible accountable for their actions. It is also ironic that in a week when there was a news story about a suspected ailing German SS prison guard from Ohio being pursued for alleged war crimes, our current Attorney General will let the current perpetrators of these crimes get away with them under the twisted legal guise of “I was just following orders." It seems like that defense was raised once before in a place called Nuremberg and it didn't fly then and shouldn't fly now. Even if the CIA officers who actually did the deeds are not prosecuted, then those most responsible at the highest levels of government should be since they are the real perpetrators anyway.