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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Us Torture? You hell-betcha. Now keep moving on, nothing to see here..

House Committee Squashes Torture Queries
By WILLIAM C. MANN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Feb 8, 7:56 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Republicans easily defeated three resolutions seeking information about the Bush administration's policies on torture after a heated committee hearing.

Rep. Henry Hyde (news, bio, voting record), R-Ill., chairman of the House International Relations Committee, said Democrats who submitted the resolutions should "at least silently confess to themselves that their actions pose real dangers to our country."

Hyde accused Democrats of playing politics, with an eye on November's congressional elections, by offering the three resolutions demanding:

_Information on a practice that has been called extraordinary rendition, or sending suspects abroad to countries where they would allegedly be tortured for information.

_Documents about U.S. policies regarding U.N. anti-torture conventions.

_Documents and records involving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's December trip to Europe, during which she was dogged by reports of alleged secret European jails.

All three proposed resolutions were defeated on almost straight party-line votes.
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I'm going to buy stock in handbaskets...we're obviously on our way to hell.
 
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