In a meeting on Monday with Vermont citizens, Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) admitted that the truth commission he has advocated to examine Bush administration crimes like torture most likely won't happen. Reporter Charlotte Dennett writes that Leahy said political opposition was too strong to overcome.Perhaps this is why we find ourselves in the embarrassing position of having to watch a foreign country's court take on this case while we, the "moral beacon of the world," do nothing.
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