Here are some snippets from various news stories I've read this morning. See if you can find a logical connect…
- "President Bush declares 'We do not torture.'"
- "Over White House opposition, the Senate has passed legislation banning torture."
- "With Vice President Dick Cheney as the point man, the administration is seeking an exemption for the CIA."
- "It was recently disclosed by the Washington Post that the CIA maintains a network of prisons in eastern Europe and Asia, where it holds terrorist suspects."
- "George W. Bush's administration ordered an internal inquiry into how classified data was leaked to The Washington Post and Human Rights Watch, a New York-based group."
- "The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a challenge to the administration's handling of military tribunals for foreign terror suspects."
- "Bush has urged swift confirmation of his nominee Samuel Alito, an appeals court judge, to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court."
- "In his lower court decisions, Alito has generally been deferential to government."
So let me see if I have this straight: We have to find out whoever it was who revealed that we do torture, but of course we don't torture but we still oppose legislation that says we can't torture…