Senate votes to ban waterboarding

Congress on Wednesday moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects, despite President Bush's threat to veto any measure that limits the agency's interrogation techniques. Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

This Associated Press dispatch reports that Congress has finally decided 'waterboarding' is an unacceptable form of interrogation, and should be prohibited as torture. President Bush may yet veto the restriction, however, so stay tuned.

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Ben Ross
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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

This article perpetuates the lies of corporate media. The Laws as they stand make torture illegal. The questions asked should, reflect the nature and substance of the Geneva convention and the status of a treaty signed by the US congress, question why congress refuses to fulfill their oath of office. We live in a country supposedly ruled by a rule of law. Yet this reporter has no comment on the laws that already exist. Criminal re[porting ....neglect of salient facts

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Melva Hackney
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by Melva Hackney - Oct. 1, 2008
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