"Then he voted for it"

[phantom power]

Seriously, what is wrong with these dumb motherfuckers???

Jay Rockefeller (who voted for this bill) is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. When he was defending the amendment he introduced to compel the CIA to disclose to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees information about their interrogation activities, he complained that the White House has concealed all information about the interrogation program and that the Intelligence Committee members (including him) therefore know nothing about it. His amendment to compel reports to Congress was defeated with all Republicans (except Chafee) voting against it. He proceeded to vote for the underlying bill anyway, thereby legalizing a program he admits he knows nothing about (and will continue to know nothing about).

During the debate on his amendment, Arlen Specter said that the bill sends us back 900 years because it denies habeas corpus rights and allows the President to detain people indefinitely. He also said the bill violates core Constitutional protections. Then he voted for it.

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/09/george-bushs-vast-new-powers-of.html

[n2doc]

1. Some of these votes make me suspect

That Bushco has something on these Senators. On the other hand, they did not need his vote. Evil.

[phantom power]

2. I agree, they often act like they found a horse's head on their pillow.

[Warpy]

3. Or their names were found on Guckert's client list

It's got to be something, and another reason to target these guys in primaries. All of them.

They may have been adequate legislators once, but something has compromised them, whether it's blackmail, greed, or fear.

[bemildred]

4. Self interest comes before principle.

What is not clear?

[cyr330]

5. Rockefeller is a fucking right-wing ass-face