Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively anointed George W. Bush president over Al Gore. Would anything be different today had that decision gone the other way? 

After two years of laying low, former President George W. Bush came out with a bang this week, with the release of his memoir, "Decision Points." While the world has been focusing on Bush's take on the Iraq war, weapons of mass destruction, the use of waterboarding and Hurricane Katrina, today we want to discuss what the memoir means in the context of the Republican surge in the past election. Is the book about the past Bush administration, or is it laying the ground for another Bush generation to take back the White House in the future?

Every Monday, we look ahead at the week's news, with our partners at The New York Times and the BBC. This week, Marcus Mabry of The Times, and Vladimir Hernandez of the BBC look at where health care reform is headed next; the effects of a visit to Haiti by Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush; and the future of America's war on drugs as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Mexico.

Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman yesterday spoke in support of President Obama's opposition to releasing new photos allegedly showing U.S. troops abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today The Takeaway is looking at the ongoing controversy over how detainees were treated when in the CIA's custody-- and what allowed the Bush administration to use what the CIA called "enhanced interrogation techniques." Could Congress have stopped it? Vicki Divoll is a government teacher at the U.S. Naval Academy and was Former General Council of the State Intelligence Committee. She joins The Takeaway now to discuss whether four representatives can possibly constitute oversight.

For more, read Vicki Divoll's piece, Congress’s Torture Bubble in the New York Times.

For President Obama's take on releasing the photos, watch his statement below.