SENATORS VOTE TO BAN WATERBOARDING, McCAIN NOT AMONG THEM:
Yesterday, the Senate approved an intelligence bill that bans
waterboarding, "temperature extremes and other harsh tactics that the CIA
used on al-Qaeda prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." The measure
will limit the CIA "to using 19 less-aggressive interrogation tactics
outlined in a U.S Army Field Manual." CIA Director Michael Hayden recently
acknowledged that the agency had used the tactic of waterboarding on at
least three prisoners nearly five years ago.
Other administration officials, such as Attorney General Mike Mukasey,
have
refused to say that waterboarding is torture. The White House has even
left
open the possibility of using the technique in the future. While Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ) has previously called waterboarding "very exquisite torture"
and co-sponsored a bill to ban any military use of the technique, he voted
against yesterday's Senate bill banning waterboarding -- effectively
siding
with President Bush, who has vowed to veto the bill.
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Uh oh, Bomber McKook sees Vietnamese guards EVERYWHERE!
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