Summary
Hentoff claims that the Republican leadership in the House had been very close to ramming an extensive bill, wherein a section of the bill made official and legal the CIA's practice of sending noncitizen detainees allegedly involved in terrorism to countries where they could be tortured. Accounts detailing how Bush's Republican leaders in the House going to make it possible for the president to veto a bill endorsing torture after he had proclaimed his opposition are also presented.
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Gop's Heart of Darkness
The Republican leadership in the HouseSpeaker Dennis Hastert (Illinois), Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Texas), and James Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin)-were in a difficult spot on October 8. They had been very close to ramming an extensive bill through the House purportedly following ...
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