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Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:00 AM

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 08:40 AM

    That's a mighty thin distinction Wyden is drawing.

    I was given to believe the methods in the Army field manual were “legal, humane and noncoercive.” I don't see where the difference matters except that I'm quite sure that terrorist organizations all over the work already have copies of the US Army field manual and are already preparing their personel for those particular techniques. Maybe both of them are noticing the distinct difference between being the loyal opposition and actually governing.

    I was relieved to read the text of this article. The headline had me thinking that we had two more confirmed cases of the Leiberman Syndrome.

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