(Image from Wikimedia)Battle In Bush Administration Over Interrogation
Techniques -- L.A. Times
Techniques -- L.A. Times
Moderates in the government are mounting one more drive to roll back many of the harsh detention and questioning policies pushed through by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Reporting from Washington -- As the clock runs down on the Bush administration, moderates within the government are mounting what may be one last drive to roll back many of the harsh detention and interrogation policies pushed through by Vice President Dick Cheney.
The effort, led by officials at the State Department, represents the latest battle in a war between hard-liners and moderates that has raged though most of the Bush administration.
In the early years of George W. Bush's presidency, Cheney and his allies won most of the internal contests over the Guantanamo Bay prison, the CIA's interrogation program, domestic spying, military commissions and other contentious issues.
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My Comment: Fighting the last battle. Everyone should know by now that the new Obama administration is going to rewrite all of these rules anyway.