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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 06:08 AM

    Wait a sec...

    Several members of Congress, such as Rush Holt, have called on Obama not to wait for Congress to act and, instead, to immediately issue an Executive Order compelling government-wide compliance with the Army Field Manual. Obama should do that. But, as Holt recognizes, this is really an area where Congress can and must legislate.

    How could Obama do that when he's not president yet? Unless you mean immediately after he is inaugurated, then we will then have no choice but to wait...

    —Iron Curtain Read Iron Curtain's other letters

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