They are both determined to tackle three of its root causes-by banning torture, closing guantanamo Bay and embracing a cap-and-trade policy on climate change.

He termed other aspects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq "disappointments," including the failure to find weapons of mass destruction and the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

It's also used as an example of the way laws-like those the U. s. has against torturing prisoners-will always be set aside given extreme circumstances.