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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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  • Friday, December 5, 2008 04:46 AM

    Please leave Congress!

    "that she still wants a law that mandates the Field Manual as the sole interrogation standard, but that she may be willing to be talked back from that position by the Obama Administration, if it chooses to do so."

    How pathetic. If you're willing to compromise on torture, what principle, if any, ARE you willing to stand up for?

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