White House drops long-standing opposition to torture legislation

Well, maybe the Rebublican dominated legislature CAN actually listen to the people and not just side with the administrative branch. Could this be a change of tides? We can only hope.
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Senate and House force Bush's hand
· United stand against anti-terror tactics

Julian Borger in Washington and Richard Norton-Taylor
Friday December 16, 2005
The Guardian

The White House bowed to international and congressional pressure yesterday and abandoned its opposition to Senate legislation prohibiting the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading interrogation methods of detainees in US custody around the world.