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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
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:56 AM

    SATSQ

    Would you have permitted the torture of one person if it would have prevented the Holocaust?

    A. Well, would you permit pogo sticks on the moon if gravity didn't exist?

    B. Would you have killed a pair of Unicorns with your bare hands if it allowed all the other animals to get on the Arc?

    C. Would you have eaten a turd if it prevented Bush from attacking Iraq?

    —karr(sic) Read karr(sic)'s other letters

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