In the spirit of answering most of my questions, this is yet another example.
In 2008, there are a few things you have to do in the Group Policy Management component.
Perform the following steps:
Start->Administrative Tools->Group Policy Management
Open up your Forest->Domains->->Domain Controllers
Right Click on the entry and choose Edit
This will open up another window:
Go to Computer Configuration->Policies->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies
Then edit Audit Policy as shown in the image or at the very least, modify Audit object access and check all three check boxes: “Define these policy settings”, “Success” and “Failure; click OK button to close the dialog box;
Below it is User Rights Assignments. Click on that and then click on the Policy: Generate Security audits.
Add your domain and username, in my case its UIDDEV\Administrator. This will be the user my program will run under. Voila! You have access to modify the security logs.