Torture

Anti-Torture Bill Blocked By Obstructionist GOP

Senator Graham blocked Congress's anti-torture legislation yesterday.

“I think quite frankly applying the Army field manual to the CIA would be ill-advised and would destroy a program that I think is lawful and helps the country,” Graham said in an interview.

There are a lot of people in our government who have a lot to answer for on this issue.

Oh, and why haven't the Democrats -- who are now a majority in both chambers, by the way -- been blocking shitty GOP legislation all over the damn place? Whenever the GOP blocks something, they just block it. Whenever the Democrats try to block something, there's a national debate about it, then it fails. So here's me...

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Also, the blocking of this bill illustrates that the McCain Amendment has been entirely meaningless. Not only did the president issue a signing statement nullifying it, but clearly there are other agencies engaging in torture.