Bush to Veto CIA Waterboarding Ban Bill

[Boondock]

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... 9220080308 (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0737119220080308)

President George W. Bush will veto legislation on Saturday banning U.S. intelligence agents from using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation methods, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said on Friday.

Last month, Congress sent Bush a broad intelligence authorization bill that contained new limits on CIA interrogation techniques, despite Bush administration warnings that such a measure would be rejected.

"The president will veto the intelligence authorization bill tomorrow," Fratto told reporters.


The Bush administration has countered that the CIA should not be held to the U.S. military's interrogation standards because intelligence agents are dealing with terrorists who are not lawful combatants operating under traditional battlefield tactics.

"President Bush's veto will be one of the most shameful acts of his presidency," charged Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat who supported the legislation outlawing waterboarding.

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the decider is at it again.....vary nice right....

i'd like to waterboard his ass

[Yo Mama]

Times like this I wish there WAS an afterlife, so I could rest knowing that Duhbya is going to be getting his.

Sigh.

[Iori Komei]

I guess we just have to wait until after the elections.

I mean Clinton and Obamam may be right of center, but in comparison to Bush, they're left enough for me.