On being made a hand-wringing male U.S. Senator

"If I have to be male, I was hoping for a younger, more fit body, and a better head of hair. It does however fulfill one of my greatest fantasies, which is that I have long had subpoena envy."

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer, author of "The Dark Side," who has done much to expose the Bush Administration's torture policies, on being transformed on "24" into a pesky anti-torture Senator.

via Jeffrey Goldbergl; hat tip to Mike the Mad Biologist.

Is that a web at work, or what?

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