Sources: White House to Accept Torture Ban
"After months of resistance, the White House has agreed to accept Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s call for a law specifically banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror, several congressional officials said Thursday.
Under the emerging deal, the CIA and other civilian interrogators would be given the same legal rights as currently guaranteed members of the military who are accused of breaking interrogation guidelines, these officials added. Those rules say the accused can defend themselves by arguing it was reasonable for them to believe they were obeying a legal order."
It's outrageous that they should have sought to allow torture under any circumstances, though it looks like they actually made torture a policy in this Administration. What a sick bunch of crazies. They disgust and frighten me.
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