Finally, the Senate is doing something right!
The Senate has passed a bill to regulate military interrogation. This bill, if made into law, would keep the military from torturing prisoners of war. It would regulate the military so that we would no longer have problems like the human rights violations at Abu Ghraib and Quantanamo Bay. It would finally lay down consistent rules about what constitutes abuse of prisoners. Unfortunately, Bush has promised to veto it, since it would… umm… acknowledge that our enemies have basic human rights, too? The great thing about this bill, though, is that for the first time that I’ve noticed, both Democrats and Republicans have put aside their differences to pass a bill that both helps people and is genuinely (sadly) needed.