From the BBC: US House limits CIA interrogation
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation techniques such as simulated drowning.Certainly the last line is the most disturbing.
The measure would require intelligence agencies to follow the rules adopted by the US Army, which forbid such methods, and to abide by the Geneva Conventions.
President George Bush has threatened to veto the bill if the Senate passes it.
We have heard Bush on numerous occasions deny that the US tortures anybody. For example:
"I can say that any interrogations have been legal and that they have been fully briefed to the United States Congress," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.Then why would Bush need to veto a new decisive law to ban its usage?
"I am saying that the United States does not torture." source
It is unfortunate that the US has to endure another 13 months of this.
2 comments:
Torture is in the tongs of the beholder! BV$H means we don't pull out your finger nails or set your hair on fire. Beyond that none of its torture. Its just us good old boys havin some fun. Before th hangin that is!
They take refuge under the banner of the American Psychological Association.
The APA provides psychologists to oversee the torture. Its disgraceful. Even the Psychiatrists find it revolting.
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