Comments on: Interrogation Policy Still A Bit Shadowy

By: Swampland - TIME.com » Blog Archive More On The Interrogation Question «

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:46:44 +0000

[...] | Trackbacks (0) | Email This I have a new piece up at Time.com putting some context around my posts on the question of forcing the CIA to use the Army Field Manual (AFM) for interrogations. As it [...]

By: Stand Firm: No Torture –Ever | The Ruth Group

Stand Firm: No Torture –Ever | The Ruth Group — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:21:59 +0000

[...] Michael Scherer in Time and Glenn Greenwald at Salon notice intimations of “flexibility” in Dianne Feinstein and Ron Wyden’s oppostion to torture. [I]n an interview on Tuesday, Mrs. Feinstein indicated that extreme cases might call for flexibility. “I think that you have to use the noncoercive standard to the greatest extent possible,” she said, raising the possibility that an imminent terrorist threat might require special measures. [...]

By: lindasutton

lindasutton — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:50:10 +0000

Dianne (DIFI) is considering a run for governor of California and that is the ONLY reason she's now backtracking on her past positions supporting just about everything Bush has wanted.

SHE is totally culpable for a host of wrong votes made after an overwhelming number of her constituents took the opposite position. Most egregious was her repeated stands AGAINST IMPEACHMENT.

We now have a daily headline from Bush of each new regulation he's shoving through to destroy the country before he leaves office. DIANNE is as RESPONSIBLE as BUSH since she abdicated her responsibility to uphold the constitution and to represent her constituency.

I think it was during her VOTE FOR THE BAILOUT that she cavalierly stated that she knew better than the thousands upon thousands who told her to vote NO. Well, guess what Difi, you're OUR EMPLOYEE, not our queen.

Governor? I don't think so.
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By: Drasties - Dutch on the World - World on the Dutch

Drasties - Dutch on the World - World on the Dutch — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:59:14 +0000

[...] be required to comply with the Army Field Manual when interrogating detainees. But Time’s Michael Scherer picked up on the same backtracking and did a very good job of highlighting what appears to be Feinstein’s (as well as Ron [...]

By: formerlyjames

formerlyjames — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:40:44 +0000

Sorry, I was confused. My comment with the bad word is still on another blog. 2 torture blogs here.

By: formerlyjames

formerlyjames — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:23:37 +0000

My comment got bounced for a bad word. I will state it again without the word. It is absurd that the boundries and limits of torture are being debated or even considered in the United States of America. We do not do that.

By: Feinstein, Wyden Going Soft on Torture? | Lycanthropia

Feinstein, Wyden Going Soft on Torture? | Lycanthropia — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:27:01 +0000

[...] Michael Scherer and Salon’s Glenn Greenwald tackle Dianne Feinstein’s and Ron Wyden’s apparent [...]

By: Swampland - TIME.com » Blog Archive Dianne Feinstein Leaves The Door Open «

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:24:15 +0000

[...] on what standards the Obama Administration should use to govern interrogations. This follows her comments earlier this week, which left open the possibility of abandoning her past proposal to use the Army Field Manual as [...]

By: rhyre

rhyre — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:24:34 +0000

@AndyfromMA (#6) - The day will come in the near future when a member of the U.S. military will be captured and tortured by the same methods that our legislators condone today

I believe members of our military have ALREADY been tortured then brutally executed.

If the Abu_Ghraib episode wasn't enough, then what will create outrage?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Purported_retaliation

By: Pickerhead :: Pickings from the Webvine ::December 4, 2008

Pickerhead :: Pickings from the Webvine ::December 4, 2008 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:06:27 +0000

[...] Scherer flags this quote from Dianne Feinstein in today’s [...]