Amnesty Int'l questions United States's moral authority

Oh, please.

I just love the lede here:

In coordinated broadsides from London and Washington, Amnesty International accused the Bush administration on Wednesday of condoning "atrocious" human rights violations, thereby diminishing its moral authority and setting a global example encouraging abuse by other nations.

Two questions:

A) Since when did Amnesty International think we had any moral authority in the first place?

and

B) How ludicrous is it to suggest that the rest of the world is only now following our lead now we've led them down the abusive path?

Pathetic.