Was Larry Craig one of the republicans who spoke against torture?

[redqueen]

I was talking to someone yesterday who said he was.

He also apparently was one of the senators who made an effort to curtail the patriot act.




Just wondering...

[lazer47]

1. He is also the Dirt Bag who has done more to harm Veterans

than anyone in 20 yrs

[TwilightGardener]

3. How so?

[lazer47]

5. Go to www.vawatchdog.org and you can find everything you need to know

[TwilightGardener]

6. Thanks!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Yes there was a handful of GOP Senators--I think it was Sununu, Craig and Hagel--

who tried to make the Patriot Act a little more acceptable. It's a shame that Craig appears to have a conscience, but still screwed up so royally.

[frazzled]

4. "Hillary would abuse Patriot Act": that was his opposition

To wit:

Republican Sen. Larry Craig is citing Hillary Clinton as the reason he opposes renewing the Patriot Act in its current form, saying Mrs. Clinton is likely to abuse the security measure if she becomes president - unless additional safeguards are built in.

"There will come a day when there will not be a George W in the White House," Sen. Craig warned, after calling top conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday to explain his position. "And tragically enough, and I hope never, it could be a Hillary Clinton."

Craig wondered aloud: "Who will be her attorney general, and what might he or she do to your liberties and mine? There's the question."

The Idaho Republican told Limbaugh: "You know, I've been here a little while, and I remember Janet Reno, and I remember Waco and Ruby Ridge."

"And I fear the day that we get a president, not this president, who has a very liberal attorney general and sees the opportunity, to leap through the holes that are crafted in the Patriot Act, that could tread on our civil liberties."

Craig reminded that he voted for the initial version of the Patriot Act and intends to support it again.

He probably spoke out against the torture because it wasn't tough enough--I don't have time to research it.