Senate Likely to Pass Bill To Permit Torture While Eavesdropping Bill Questionable

So we're going to legalize torture. These people should be ashamed of themselves.

Here's the latest on the White House's "must-pass" terrorism bills: The Bush-backed legislation to authorize warrantless NSA wiretapping is just about dead -- unless it gets last-minute CPR, say NYTimes, AP.

The detainee treatment bill, a.k.a. the torture "compromise," looks likely to move, however. The Senate has allotted 10 hours of debate for the measure -- seven hours to discuss five separate amendments, and three hours to debate the bill itself. Observers say a vote on the measure is likely to come tomorrow, but you never know: once the sun goes down on Capitol Hilll, anything can happen.

If anyone reading this is certain that torture is needed to obtain information, please let me know. I have a bridge in Brooklyn and swamp land in Jersey I'd love to sell you.