Congress Outlaws Waterboarding

But White House spokesman Tony Fratto said aides would recommend a veto. ”Parts of this bill are inconsistent with the effective conduct of intelligence gathering,” he said. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the leading Republican presidential candidate and an author of previous anti-torture legislation, voted against the overall intelligence bill. The interrogation provision says the CIA must adhere to limitations in the US army field manual. ”I made it very clear that I think that waterboarding is torture and illegal, but I will not restrict the CIA to only the army field manual,” Mr McCain said before the vote. ... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d08fca40-daa4-11dc-9bb9-0000779fd2ac.html

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