De Senaat van de V.S. stemt om het waterboarding door de CIA te verbieden

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De senaat van de V.S. heeft gestemd om de CIA te verhinderen marteling-als waterboarding en andere vormen van dwang op gevangenen te gebruiken, die het werk aangaande een rekening voltooien die reeds door de andere kamer in December wordt overgegaan.

De rekening, die in een 51 tot 45 stemWoensdag wordt overgegaan, zal nu verzonden worden naar het Witte Huis, online gemelde de Washington Post. De V.S. President George W. Bush heeft gedreigd om de maatregel te weigeren.

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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