Ted Rall for October 15, 2007

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Patrick Leahy: I don't care what Bush says... somewhere a Muslim is getting tortured. In Cuba, say. Man: Gasp! Woman: He's good. Leahy: Quick - to my oak drop leaf desk! Man: No response yet, sir. Leahy: To my desk! My crack bureaucratic archeologists have won! Eureka! 2005. Suddenly, Patrick Leahy's "civil libertarian sense" starts to tingle. Democracy defenders... activate! The Senator pens a polite yet firmly worded letter requesting information. "Dear Mr. Attorney General: please send me all torture-related memos. Your pal, Pat." 2006: follow-up is a bitch! Democracy defenders activate... again! Finally... Next: Leahy plans to ask, repeatedly, for further clarification of the possible violation of the rights of so-called...