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199 Republicans Vote AGAINST Banning
Torture - And Bush Says Will Veto
Seeing
the Forest
Friday December 14, 2007
House
Approves Measure Barring Use of Waterboarding
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to bar
CIA agents from using waterboarding during the questioning of suspected
terrorists, drawing a veto threat from President George W. Bush.
. . . The legislation approved by the House today would require that
all U.S. spy agencies follow the Army Field Manual's interrogation standard,
which doesn't authorize waterboarding or other harsh techniques.
To become law, the legislation approved today would have to be approved
by the Senate, which hasn't scheduled a vote, and be signed by Bush,
who has stated his opposition.
Also US
House votes to outlaw CIA waterboarding,
Defying a White House veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives
voted on Thursday to outlaw harsh interrogation methods, such as simulated
drowning, that the CIA has used against suspected terrorists.
On a largely party line vote of 222-199, the Democratic-led House approved
a measure to require intelligence agents to comply with the Army Field
Manual, which bans torture in compliance with the Geneva Conventions
on the treatment of prisoners of war.
Meanwhile, FOX News: Waterboarding:
It's a Good Thing,
We've heard a lot about waterboarding lately — but only from
people who never have anything nice to say about our country anyway.
Etc...
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