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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 07:02 PM

    jkalos

    And I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I went reading through your previous posts and when I made it to about 101 I just ran out of time/patience... -- Jkalos

    Well if you read that far then you must have seen this.

    http://tinyurl.com/5k5nve

    I have to be going now but thanks for your sincerity. No, I do not have all the answers. But I do know what has not worked. Everyone with a brain should by now. Others need to accept certain truths and make the decision to change tactics before any direct action plan can even be discussed. As I think you can see from this thread alone that is not going to happen. I didn't even read DCLaw's plan. I will do so tomorrow if I have time but if it entails working within the system then it is not a plan with any legitimate hope of success.

    The simple truth is that without them -- without the relatively intelligent, well informed and well intentioned "liberal" middle class -- no plan, even a well thought out direct action plan, has a chance of being successful. They have chosen their plan and all evidence points to our nation suffering a longer, drawn out death as a result.

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