Doug, I watched the proceedings as I said, and it was not at all clear to me "that Ashcroft made it quite clear that the president HAS NOT approved of using torture." Nor, obviously, was it clear to the senators. They kept asking the question and Ashcroft kept tap-dancing. He did not answer the question. He made nothing clear, except that he would not cooperate.

Of course, since I find the idea of Americans torturing prisoners disgusting and reprehensible, that, ipso facto, makes me a "flaming liberal," hence biased.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
                                                   -- Daniel Patrick Moynahan

Furthermore, you ask, "Who's going to clamp down on the terrorists and force them to adhere to International law?" You think torturing terrorists is going to encourage them to abide by International Law? I wonder what it will take to get the Bush administration to abide by International Law.

Don Firth