Bush seeks CIA exemption from ban on cruelty to terror suspects
Jamie Wilson in Washington
Wednesday October 26, 2005
The Guardian
Jamie Wilson in Washington
Wednesday October 26, 2005
The Guardian
The White House wants the CIA to be exempted from a proposed ban on the abusive treatment of terrorism suspects being held in United States custody.
The Senate defied a threatened presidential veto three weeks ago and passed legislation that would outlaw the "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" of anyone held by the US. But the Washington Post and the New York Times, both quoting anonymous officials, said the vice-president, Dick Cheney, proposed a change so that the law would not apply to counter-terrorism operations abroad or to operations conducted by "an element" of the US government other than the defence department.
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