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Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?

The two Senators spent the year emphatically insisting that the CIA's interrogators comply with the Army Field Manual. With Democrats in control, they're not so emphatic any longer
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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 04:40 PM

    Why?

    "Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now?" Could it be they (the Democrats are in power) do not have President Bush to lay blame on any longer? Could it be that these prisoners are not so innocent? Could it be that if they are set free, they will retaliate with a vengeance? With President Bush and his administration leaving, after all the partying next month I suspect that allot of sobering up is about to happen in the Capital!

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