Those nine Senators who voted for torture have allies in the House GOP. The leadership in the House wants to remove the anti-torture provision from the Defense Appropriation Bill:
Leading House Republicans signaled Friday that they will try to weaken a Senate effort to limit interrogation techniques that U.S. service members can use on terrorism suspects.Hey, if they support torture, start with "high level" government officials who commit treason by leaking the name of undercover CIA operatives.
Their remarks made clear that the language in the Senate-passed military spending bill faces uncertain prospects in bargaining between the Senate and House.
