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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

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 04:51 AM

    For that to happen, Feinstein and Wyden need to return to the clear, principled position they claimed to believe in throughout the year.

    Yeah, and monkeys may fly out of my butt. FDs - showing their true colors. We'll see if OS caves.

    BTW, Glenn, you used "interrogation" in the first sentence where you meant (I believe) "interrogating".

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