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Senate Votes to Outlaw WaterboardingPosted on Feb 13, 2008The House of Representatives and Senate have now both signaled their disapproval of the CIA’s use of waterboarding by voting for a ban on any techniques but the 19 officially approved by the Army, but President Bush has already, in turn, signaled his intent to veto any legislation that would rule out harsh interrogation methods.
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By dav, February 15 at 1:48 am # Evil little bastard BushBush is an evil little bastard, of course.
By David, February 14 at 2:41 pm # But....they didn’t outlaw wHaterbHoarding. And that, as everyone in the Bush administration knows, is actually what is used. Bush wins again!!!
By m mills, February 14 at 9:53 am # Holding the CIA to a less standard of conduct than the US military is analogous to the Nazis sending in the SS to take charge of occupied areas after the Wermacht had subdued them. Aside from the gross violation of decency and human rights this permits, such a loophole reduces US behaviour to the lowest level of criminal activity.
By Jim Yell, February 14 at 6:21 am # the answer is impeach and punishI seem to be the only one who remembers that it wasn’t a failure of intellegence gathering that allowed 9/11, it was a lack of reaction to what they knew. We didn’t need new and illegal abuse of all Americans to protect us. We needed for our officials to usE the information they had. All of this rush to a police state has nothing to do with protecting us. It is all to do with Corporate and Investment profits and nothing to do with the majority of Americans, except for our loss of protection from the Bill of Rights. IT IS NEVER IN THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY TO ALLOW POLITICIANS, OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO BREAK THE LAW WITHOUT CLEAR EXPECTATION OF PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR CRIMES. BUSH/CHENEY/RUMSFIELD AND ALL SHOULD BE TRIED, BY THEIR OWN WORDS AND DEEDS IT IS CLEAR THEY HAVE BROKEN THE LAW, SO THE END OF THE PROCESS SHOULD BE SOME VERY UNPLEASANT PUNISHMENT DEALT BY OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, EXCEPT OF COURSE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE STACKED THE COURT WITH JUDGES HOSTILE TO THE PROCESS.
By DennisD, February 13 at 4:16 pm # Don Veto Bu$houniLaws are made to be broken by our government - see the related Truthdig Telecom story for the latest. It’s nice to know that there are 19 Army approved techniques available already. Did our “esteemed lawmakers"(said tongue in cheek as cynically as possible) previously approve those? I missed the vote. Add Your Comment |
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