TR On "Inhuman Conduct" Against Military Prisoners

"The president desires to know in the fullest and most circumstantial manner all the facts, ... for the very reason that the president intends to back up the Army in the heartiest fashion in every lawful and legitimate method of doing its work; he also intends to see that the most vigorous care is exercised to detect and prevent any cruelty or brutality and that men who are guilty thereof are punished. Great as the provocation has been in dealing with foes who habitually resort to treachery, murder and torture against our men, nothing can justify or will be held to justify the use of torture or inhuman conduct of any kind on the part of the American Army,” - Teddy Roosevelt, upholding the American tradition that Bush and Cheney have unforgivably and indelibly trashed.

He was specifically referring to "waterboarding." There is no doubt whatsoever about the illegality of the practice.