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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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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 02:03 PM

    How do you suppose new "this time we mean it!" anti-torture laws are going to work out? -- adnoto

    Adnoto, I have no doubt that you have a point to make. I have no doubt that the USA will continue to torture and kill innocent men, women, and children.

    But, sometimes you might use a little honey to win converts to your viewpoint rather than so much vinegar. I agree that this government is broken, but I do not see a bloody revolution around the corner; and so we will have to try to work within the system even as we hate the system.

    Agreed?

    —heru-ur Read heru-ur's other letters

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