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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 01:33 PM

    Oh!, Jebbie

    Cannon, not canon.

    One's for fightin and the other's for teachin.

    Sometimes the cannon is more effective. Trust me.

    P.S. I found your e-mails in my spam folder last night, just in case you were wondering why I was so rude.

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