The 2008 Election Has Begun - In Ernest!

... with Bush lacking credibility and the public having a general mistrust of him, the next two years will be a "bash the slimy Republicans into submission fest". And, since they're the "party" that loves to "lay down and die", accomodate, and capitulate; they'll oblige ...

Senate Democrats Demand Classified Data

"Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., who will chair the Senate Judiciary Committee starting in January has asked the Justice Department to release two newly acknowledged documents, which set U.S. policy on how terrorism suspects are detained and interrogated. The existence of the documents has been confirmed by the CIA. "

"The first document sought is a directive President Bush signed giving the CIA authority to establish detention facilities outside the United States. It also outlines interrogation methods that may be used against detainees. The second is a 2002 memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel to the CIA’s general counsel regarding interrogation methods that the CIA was empowered to employ against detained al-Qaida leaders."