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Article: Administration wants CIA free from abuse ban.(Central Intelligence Agency)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 26, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Stepping up a confrontation with the Senate over the treatment of detainees, the White House is insisting that the Central Intelligence Agency be exempted from a proposed ban on abusive treatment of suspected al-Qaida militants and other terrorists.
The Senate defied a presidential veto threat nearly three weeks ago and approved, 90-9, an amendment to a $440 billion military spending bill that would ban the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of any detainee held by the U.S. government. This could bar some techniques that the CIA has used in some interrogations overseas.
But in a 45-minute meeting last Thursday, Vice President ...