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Friday, December 14, 2007

so what?

we have a constitution and many other laws and THEY don't pay attention to THEM either. what makes anyone think any NEW law or rule will waylay them?

House Passes Bill to Ban CIA's Use of Harsh Interrogation Tactics


By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writers
The House approved legislation yesterday that would bar the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, drawing an immediate veto threat from the White House and setting up another political showdown over what constitutes torture.
The measure, approved by a largely party-line vote of 222 to 199, would require U.S. intelligence agencies to follow Army rules adopted last year that explicitly forbid waterboarding. It also would require interrogators to adhere to a strict interpretation of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war. The rules, required by Congress for all
Defense Department personnel, also ban sexual humiliation, "mock" executions and the use of attack dogs, and prohibit the withholding of food and medical care. ........

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