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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 01:03 PM

    aeschylus--I Forgot to Add,

    What Greenwald's article recognizes -- but you refuse to -- is that some Democrats' backtracking on the issue puts the lie to the Manichean political philosophy held by many on the Left.

    What the hell are you talking about?

    —Timothy3 Read Timothy3's other letters

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