 The Senate on Thursday endorsed Bush’s plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects, all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism. The 65-34 vote means the bill could reach the president’s desk by week’s end. The House passed nearly identical legislation on Wednesday and was expected to approve the Senate bill on Friday, sending it on to the White House. The bill would create military commissions to prosecute terrorism suspects. It also would prohibit blatant abuses of detainees but grant the president flexibility to decide what interrogation techniques are legally permissible. So we now can legally torture anyone we want, as long as the Empty Suit in the White House says its OK. Yep, this is sure something to be proud of. The Gestapo and the KGB loved it, and now we have it. How low can we go? ...
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