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Defying a White House veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to outlaw harsh interrogation methods, such as simulated drowning, that the CIA has used against suspected terrorists.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1322100420071213



Congress to CIA Torturers: 'If Only You'd Told Us'

If there was ever a parable about the futility of Congressional "oversight," it's surely the uproar over the CIA's secret destruction of the videotapes of its torture sessions with the Al Qaeda men Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20071231&s=cockburn


From Information Clearing House

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House Votes to Ban Harsh CIA Methods

The Associated Press: "The House on Thursday approved an intelligence bill that bans the CIA from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121307S.shtml



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