The vote was 65-34. Democrats that I noticed voting for torture: Menendez, Lautenberg, Landrieu, Pryor, Ben Nelson, and Rockefeller. Each one of them deserves to be put in a gulag. Cheney is wiping the sheep’s blood from...
Read MoreIt’s over. The bill’s ultimate passage was assured on Wednesday when Democrats agreed to forgo a filibuster in return for consideration of the (Specter) amendment. Any changes in the Senate bill, however, would have made...
Read MoreThe Specter/Leahy amendment was defeated by a 51-48 vote. Olympia Snowe is apparently dealing with a funeral in Maine and is not in DC. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is the only Democrat to vote against the amendment. I have no idea...
Read MoreFrom a memo the British ambassador to the United States prepared for the Prime Minister. I draw two main conclusions. First that the State Department does not alone determine, nor even always accurately reflects, the...
Read MoreFront and center in the Washington Post: A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially...
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