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but I finally got through to Feinstein's DC office. It seems her phones are pretty busy this morning. The young man who answered tried the "but only in instances of true emergency" line. I countered by questioning how we can know in advance those cases where it is justified and then referred to the great Matthew Alexander interview RMP linked us to for how even when we do it at an "appropriate" time, torture winds up as a recruiting tool for the other side. I asked how Feinstein could chair the Intelligence Committee and advocate torture.
The call to Wyden's office went through on the first try.
