McCain Supports Bush Veto of Bill Banning Torture

[babylonsister]

McCain Supports Bush Veto of Bill Banning Torture
Doesn’t Want CIA Limited To Methods Used by Military
by Bob Egelko



When President Bush vetoed legislation Saturday that would have prohibited the CIA from using physical force in interrogations, he had the support of Sen. John McCain - the most outspoken of any presidential candidate in his opposition to torture.0310 07The Arizona Republican has described his own torture by the North Vietnamese, who captured him in 1967 after his plane was shot down on a bombing run. He spoke out against the near-drowning technique called waterboarding when it was being defended by other Republican candidates and by Vice President Dick Cheney.

And McCain won the signature of a reluctant Bush on 2005 legislation that prohibited military interrogators from using waterboarding and other “cruel, inhumane or degrading” methods.

On Saturday, however, McCain backed Bush’s veto of a bill that would have barred the CIA from employing those same techniques - or any others not authorized by the Army Field Manual - when questioning prisoners.

In a Saturday morning radio address announcing the veto, Bush said the measure would have barred “safe and lawful” interrogation methods that have prevented terrorist attacks.

“This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe,” the president said.

He did not specify those practices, but repeated previous statements that the CIA no longer uses waterboarding.

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[iamthebandfanman]

1. of course he does

has he ever differed with bush since 2000?

[dazzlerazzle]

2. McCain flips supports torture veto

At a town meeting in Iowa in November, he chastised Guiliani for his statements on torture, and now he flipped.

[otohara]

3. What A Maverick

you sure got spine McBush!

[Supersedeas]

5. Tweety has bought and swallowed the propoganda and will disseminate it without much thought

[devilgrrl]

4. "a proven track record of keeping America safe"

Oh really? Can someone please provide data on that claim?

[TransitJohn]

6. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[bdamomma]

7. figures, * owns McSame now.

disgusting

[Rex]

8. Keeping America safe, yeah right like George cares about us.

What a crock of shit, McBain has NO chance.

[backscatter712]

9. Weathervane McCain.

You'd think that after his stay in the Hanoi Hilton, he'd know better. :mad:

[Johonny]

10. It isn't Congress abandoning

The practice Congress is trying to get the administrating to enforce is older than the current practice McCain is supporting. By this logic it is McBush that is abandoning practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe.