Which is the greater offense?

Following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) comments that she had been misled by the CIA concerning its use of torture, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told CNN: Lying to the Congress of the United States is a crime. And if the speaker is accusing the CIA and other intelligence officials of lying or misleading the Congress, then she should come forward with evidence and turn that over to the Justice Department so they can be prosecuted.
Imagine anyone accusing the CIA of misleading Congress, the nation, and the world, for that matter!
Was it not the CIA that confidently asserted that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to world peace because he possessed weapons of mass destruction?
By the way, did the CIA ever apologize for having made those preposterous claims?
In any case, it is reassuring to see that Mr. Boehner is a firm believer in the law, and, no doubt, in the notion that all violations should be prosecuted.
As such, it presumably goes without saying that he will support an inquiry into the Bush-Cheney torture program, a clear violation of US and international law.
The fact that Mrs. Pelosi did not see fit to object to the program is indeed disturbing, for what we expect from leaders is leadership, particularly on the most meaningful issues.
Yet, what of the program itself?
Shouldn’t its sponsors, MM Bush and Cheney at least apologize for having designed and launched it?
Shouldn’t they apologize to the nation, for having subverted its ideals, to the world, for having disgraced the noble ideal of democracy, and last but not least, to the victims themselves, none of whom have been convicted of any crime, let alone tried? How many have not even been charged with the least offense?
And let us suppose that they did apologize, Mr. Boehner, don’t you think some kind of investigation is in order here, or is abetting the crime a greater offense than committing the crime itself?