Committee Passes Measure Banning Waterboarding | Talking Points Memo

Presidential veto, here we come.

The intelligence bill passed today includes, as anticipated, a measure (sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Russ Feingold (D-WI)) that would effectively ban waterboarding. That’s because it would limit CIA interrogators to using techniques approved by the Army Field Manual.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179236