Can You Hear the Sound of Elephant Feet Dragging?

There are so many misbehaviors, such as the Foley sex scandal and "PlameGate" (need I say more?), that deserve attention and action by the Rethuglicans, yet these issues fester while BushCo signs the terror bill into law.

Bush's plan becomes law just six weeks [italics mine] after he acknowledged that the CIA had been secretly interrogating suspected terrorists overseas and pressed Congress to quickly give authority to try them in military commissions.

If I was a rethuglican, I'd be very angry with the discrepancy between the attention that the administration focuses onto the terror bill, ignoring other equally important events that will undermind the trust that the public has in the rethuglican party.

But fortunately, this bill tries to protect detainees from the worst abuses that they could suffer at the hands of their captors, although it does not go far enough in my opinion;

The bill ready for signing would protect detainees from blatant abuses during questioning - such as rape, torture and "cruel and inhuman" treatment - but does not require that any of them be granted legal counsel [italics mine]. Also, it specifically bars detainees from filing habeas corpus petitions challenging their detentions [italics mine] in federal courts.

Basically, the republicans are excited about restricting the basic freedoms of Americans (see italics in the above cited paragraph), but they are still dragging their feet with regards to the application of this bill's anti-torture demands;

White House press secretary Tony Snow said that after Bush signs the legislation Tuesday, the government will immediately begin moving toward the goal of prosecuting some of the high-value suspects being held at the U.S. detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He expected it would take a month or two to get "things moving toward a trial phase."

"Trail phase"? What ever happened to "just say no" to abusing detainees?

Cited story.