Has the torture bill passed the full US House?

[Eric J in MN]

NT

[ThomWV]

1. No

[Eric J in MN]

3. Thank you. I'll write my Congressman.

Here is a letter I sent to my Senators. Anyone is welcome to use it.

Please oppose creating kangaroo courts in Cuba.

We should continue to try terrorists in the real federal courts we have in the US.

Please oppose letting Bush choose secret acts of cruelty to use against prisoners.

It will result in false confessions.

I agree with this NY TIMES editorial.

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Editorial
A Bad Bargain

Published: September 22, 2006

Here is a way to measure how seriously President Bush was willing to compromise on the military tribunals bill: Less than an hour after an agreement was announced yesterday with three leading Republican senators, the White House was already laying a path to wiggle out of its one real concession.

About the only thing that Senators John Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham had to show for their defiance was Mr. Bush’s agreement to drop his insistence on allowing prosecutors of suspected terrorists to introduce classified evidence kept secret from the defendant. The White House agreed to abide by the rules of courts-martial, which bar secret evidence. (Although the administration’s supporters continually claim this means giving classified information to terrorists, the rules actually provide for reviewing, editing and summarizing classified material. Evidence that cannot be safely declassified cannot be introduced.)
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I sent the whole editorial at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22fri1.html

[katinmn]

2. It goes to the floor next week.