Finally

This was nine months of hassle that shouldn't have been needed..

Bush issues new torture rules for U.S. interrogators

After nine months of wrangling between the White House and Congress, President Bush finally issued the executive order today providing guidelines for interrogators using "enhanced interrogation techniques" in secret CIA prisons. The order for the first time bars "acts of violence serious enough to be considered comparable to murder, torture, mutilation, and cruel and inhuman treatment." And it also prohibits [...]

UPDATE: But...

Bush’s New Interrogation Order Contains Loophole: ‘Does Not Create Any Right Enforceable At Law’

In October 2006, Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which provided for the continuation of so-called CIA “black sites” for interrogating terrorism suspects and allowed evidence obtained through torture to be used against them. In its lengthy series on the Vice President, the Washington Post reported that the bill gave Cheney everything he [...]

Tags: Terrorist Interrogation, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, CIA Prisions

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