Jay Bybee issued a statement Tuesday via The New York Times

and defended the conclusions of legal memorandums he had signed as a Bush administration lawyer that allowed use of several coercive interrogation practices on suspected terrorists.

Judge Bybee said he was issuing a statement following reports that he had regrets over his role in the memorandums
Given the widespread criticism of the memorandums, he said he would have done some things differently, like clarifying and sharpening the analysis of some of his answers to help the public better understand the basis for his conclusions.

“The legal question was and is difficult,” he said. “And the stakes for the country were significant no matter what our opinion. In that context, we gave our best, honest advice, based on our good-faith analysis of the law.”

Pretty much what you would expect from this souless ghoul – although there are comments from former friends:

He has too much respect for authority and will avoid a confrontation no matter what,” the professor continued.

yeah, I know knock me over with a . . .

. . . and current colleagues:

Judge Betty Fletcher, a member of the court for 30 years, said in a statement: “He is a moderate conservative, very bright and always attentive to the record and the applicable law. I have not talked to other judges about his memo on torture, but to me it seems completely out of character and inexplicable that he would have signed such a document.”