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.
