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Transcript: CONGRESS APPROVES FEINSTEIN-HAGEL-WHITEHOUSE MEASURE REQUIRING CIA TO FOLLOW THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL IN INTERROGATIONS
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- February 13, 2008
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
02-13-2008
For Immediate Release: Congress Approves Feinstein-Hagel-Whitehouse Measure
Requiring CIA to Follow the Army Field Manual in Interrogations Contact:
Scott Gerber (202) 224-9629 February 13, 2008 Washington, DC - Congress
today approved legislation by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.),
Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that would require the
CIA to follow the Army Field Manual's rules on interrogations. The legislation,
which now goes to the President, will establish uniform standards on interrogation
of detainees for all parts of the U.S. government. It prohibits waterboarding
and other forms of coercive interrogation techniques. ...