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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 01:45 PM

    loper1008

    To answer your question perhaps Wyden did not advocate this because there wasn't enough support or votes in the Senate. Things have changed in the last month. Dems have a stronger majority in Congress and a democratic president.

    Sorry, but this doesn't make any sense. Why, with an increased/stronger Democratic majority and President, would they now have to advocate a weaker anti-torture law than what they were advocating before, when they had fewer seats and a GOP President?

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