Torture Will Come Home

Today, the House will attempt to override Bush’s veto of the "enhanced" torture ban. The numbers are not encouraging. On December 13, the House voted on 222-199 in favor of the provision, but to override a veto a two-thirds majority is needed. The vote instead will provide a platform for those on the right side of history-- those against sexual humiliation, electric shocks, and waterboarding-- to lambast Bush’s legacy of torture. McCain too will be singled out for his cowardly about-face on the issue. The fact remains though-- this all comes over half a decade AFTER key Congressional leaders were initially briefed on "the program". Ending the corrosive two track torture regime (ie. CIA is ’official’ torture agency while others agencies ostensibly cannot torture) is vital. As I pointed out last year in