After this month’s Senate-floor filibuster by Senator Rand Paul, the debate over the Obama administration’s drone program have been reignited. And a debate that never left – gun control – took a hit this week when Senate majority leader Harry Reid struck struck an amendment banning assault weapons. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has been intensely involved […]
The Republicans’ claims that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed about the CIA’s ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ placed her and other California politicians under a microscope. How will these rivalries affect the national debate over torture?