Hearts of Darkness

One of the only truly insightful essays to appear in National Review lately was Theodore Dalrymple's "Hearts of Darkness", from the May 31 issue:

"We all want to think that our boys are different, that they would never stoop to the vile practices of foreign despots, such as the abuse of captives of the torture of prisoners. But this is to forget the meaning of Original Sin: that there is within each and every one of us a capacity for wrongdoing and evil, awaiting only an opportunity to assert itself. And chief among these opportunities is the possession of unbridled power over others....."

So, if this is true, why is NR so gung-ho about giving unbridled power, without any legal or moral restraints, to the Executive branch? (Sadly, the article is not available on line.)