- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
Sorry, I hadn't seen the update following your call with Wyden's office. And don't worry, I don't for a moment feel that your ire is directed at me!
I think the point you made about gradual Democrat backtracking resonates more clearly, dropping the demand for the AFM as the sole standard for detainee treatment is a nasty reminder of how the dreadful FISA "compromise" emerged over time.
Maybe if you have the chance you can get Feinstein's people to explain what she meant by "effectively ban" - to check that it has the same meaning as just plain "ban". And indeed if they plan to stop using the AFM as a benchmark, how exactly they intend to implement the standards they have so vocally advocated.
