These sort of rumors are disturbing
Here is a blog post claiming that congress is trying to
legalize torture. Granted, the source appears to be quite biased, but there is no excuse for there to even be a question on this issue.
I looked over the bill section in question. The section seems to be tacking exceptions onto ratification of the torture ban treaty. Why do we even want exceptions to a ban on torture? Granted, this is not about the police torturing confessions, instead it is an attempt to bestow legitimacy on the deportation of suspects to countries where they will be tortured. That we, a country of refuge, would even consider such a law shows how far we have fallen on the moral supremacy scale.
Lawyerly loophole jumping in order to make outsourcing torture legal is shameful. I am shocked that Rep. Hastert would even think of introducing such a bill.
I am taking the political party of the instigators of this stunt into consideration Re: my previous post on presidential candidates.