Here's the permalink to the interview.

This part bears quoting (keep in mind Iglesias is a Republican):

Would you characterize the administration as overzealous in its pursuit of executive power?

Possibly yes.

What makes it "possibly yes" as opposed to "definitely yes?"

The fact that I haven't really studied this issue in-depth. I have a real topical understanding of it. When the "torture memos" were being hashed about, I didn't follow it that carefully. I was just focused on doing law enforcement here in New Mexico…

But you've spent time in Gitmo as a JAG. You had a personal connection to the place. The administration's tacit approval of torture had to have been of interest to you.

Well, I don't like it. This country doesn't stand for that. By condoning torture or near torture, we're as bad as the people we're fighting. Sure, we're not cutting their heads off and filming it, but this country stands for decency. It makes me think of what Bobby Kennedy argued during the Cuban Missile Crisis when the military wanted to do a preemptive strike on Cuba. He goes, "You mean, you want us to do a Pearl Harbor, except we're the Japanese. We don't do that. Americans don't do that."

--Socialist With A Gold Card