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"I never seen her before"
"I don't know her"
"I never touched her"
"It was consential"
"I didn't know she was 13"

Thus, Sens. Warner, McCain and Graham join the sordid ranks of Church, Pike, Torricelli, Kennedy and Kerry in undermining U.S. intelligence efforts. Will they now call for segregation of all women, non-whites and Jews within the military to avoid degrading or humiliating Islamic terrorists, clearly "torture" under their broad definition?

But wait. There's more:

[The President's] "interpretations will have the force of administrative regulations, and so can be trumped by congressional action at any time." Fine reform.

{Detainees] "in excess of what our soldiers would be afforded as prisoners of war." This could only be fair to those with an ACLU mindset.

"Any evidence obtained before the 2005 law would have to pass a legal reliability test -- and, as applied in practice, the greater the degree of coercion, the more likely the statement will not be admitted." But, the North Vietnamese were happy with what they got out of McCain.

"In fact, under this legislation, any evidence shown to the jury must be shared with the defendant. This was a key change from the administration's proposal." Which senator can we sue if secrets leak out through detainee lawyers under attorney-client privilege to other terrorists resulting in the deaths of Americans, conceivably in the thousands or millions?

"Our mission was to help our nation in the war on terror and to give protection to our men and women in uniform, particularly if they are captured." It appears that Osama is not the only one who has been living in a cave, unhinged from the reality that confronts the rest of the civilized world.

In summary, these budding authors completely fail to understand we are at war, our new enemies will not look to the USA as a model for their behavior, and they had better damn be sure we can get the information we need in time to prevent another terrorist attack against this nation. Unfortunately, no American or allied nation's intelligence operative can trust these senators. National intelligence is a dying profession.

Spin away, spin away spin away 3 Senator Stodge. The fact is you just lacked the courage to speak truth to whiners and tell the Washington DC Political-Media complex that they are totally full of it when it come to dealing with Terrorists.