Friday, September 22, 2006

Senators Cave on Torture

Apparently the torture bill compromise was a gift to the administration. "More careful analysis of the compromise language is probably needed, but at this point it looks like the three Republican 'moderates' gave in completely. If that's the case, the only question remaining is whether this was all staged from the beginning to put Democrats in an impossible position, or if they genuinely caved in on practically every detail." In the mean time, Democrats do nothing.
Update: Now the media (NPR, PBS) is saying the Senators won. The Geneva Conventions hold, the president still has his constitutional power to interpret them but must put any new interpretations in the federal registry, no secret evidence in trials, etc.

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