Bush Clarifies Official Position on Torture (Kind of)
Were the CIA to potentially, maybe, have a detention and interrogation program it would now have to adhere to President Bush's new executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees. It's still unclear whether water-boarding remains on the menu.Were the CIA to potentially, maybe, have a detention and interrogation program it would now have to adhere to President Bush’s new executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees. It’s still unclear whether water-boarding remains on the menu.
Wait, before you go…AP via New York Times:
President Bush signed an executive order Friday prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects.
The White House declined to say whether the CIA currently has a detention and interrogation program, but said that if it did it must adhere to the guidelines outlined in the executive order. The order targets captured al-Qaida terrorists who have information on attack plans or the whereabouts of the group’s senior leaders.
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