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U.S. Senate endorses waterboarding ban
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate endorsed a bill Wednesday that bars the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using waterboarding on terror suspects.
It passed the Senate on a 51-45 vote.
The bill, previously approved by the House, now goes to President George W. Bush, who has threatened to veto it.
The vote follows two weeks of public debate over the CIA's use of waterboarding, a type of simulated drowning, on three terror suspects in 2002 and 2003.
It also comes in the same week that the Bush administration announced plans to try six prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
Five of the six were once subject to harsh CIA interrogation methods, which includes sleep deprivation, extremes of hot and cold and, in one case, waterboarding. The Congress had previously banned waterboarding and other harsh tactics for use in the U.S. military in a piece of legislation in 2006 which was sponsored by now GOP presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.). But the Bush administration maintained that the law does not apply to the CIA and other intelligence agencies, leading to Wednesday's vote.
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2008-02-14 10:40:41 PrintWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate endorsed a bill Wednesday that bars the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using waterboarding on terror suspects.
It passed the Senate on a 51-45 vote.
The bill, previously approved by the House, now goes to President George W. Bush, who has threatened to veto it.
The vote follows two weeks of public debate over the CIA's use of waterboarding, a type of simulated drowning, on three terror suspects in 2002 and 2003.
It also comes in the same week that the Bush administration announced plans to try six prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
Five of the six were once subject to harsh CIA interrogation methods, which includes sleep deprivation, extremes of hot and cold and, in one case, waterboarding. The Congress had previously banned waterboarding and other harsh tactics for use in the U.S. military in a piece of legislation in 2006 which was sponsored by now GOP presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.). But the Bush administration maintained that the law does not apply to the CIA and other intelligence agencies, leading to Wednesday's vote.
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