미국 상원은 CIA에 의하여 waterboarding를 금지하기 위하여 투표한다

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미국 상원은 12월에 있는 이미 다른 약실을 통과된 법안에 일을 끝마치는 포로에 강압의 waterboarding 및 다른 모양 고문하 같이 사용에서 CIA를 방지하기 위하여 투표했다.

45 투표 51에서 수요일에 통과된 법안은 지금 백악관, 온라인으로 보고된 워싱톤 포스트에, 보내질 것이다. 조지 W. 미국 대통령. 부시는 측정을 거부하는 것을 위협했다.

The bill requires the CIA and other intelligence agencies to follow the US army regulations in questioning prisoners, the Washington Post reported online.

In intense debate over the past two weeks, the White House has refused to rule out the possibility of using waterboarding, which simulates drowning.

CIA director Michael Hayden has admitted to Congress that the agency used the technique to get information from three top Al Qaeda operatives, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks who was captured in Pakistan in 2003.

Congress previously banned waterboarding and other harsh tactics, but the Bush administration said the law did not apply to intelligence agencies.

The top US law enforcement official, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, has also refused to tell the Senate whether he believed waterboarding is legal or not.

‘If this were an easy question, I would not be reluctant to offer my views on this subject,’ Mukasey said.

Lawmakers have based the contents of the bill on the contents of the US Army’s handbook for interrogation techniques, which expressly prohibits mock drowning. The House version of the bill banned sexual humiliation, mock executions, the use of attack dogs and the withholding of food and medical care, the report said.

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