Following up on Jonathan’s post about rendition, Panetta also said that the CIA might use interrogation techniques beyond those already approved by President Obama. With permission from the lawyers and the President, of course. As I read Panetta’s comments, the Obama CIA’s use of coercive techniques wouldn’t be torture because we would never do that — no matter the circumstances. It also wouldn’t be “enhanced interrogation” because that’s what Bush did. It would simply be “additional authority.”