July 20, 2007

Bush Outlines New Rules For Detainee Interrogations

President Bush has issued an executive order prohibiting the CIA from engaging in "cruel or inhuman treatment" when interrogating terrorism suspects.

AP reports that Bush also outlawed humiliating or degrading treatment of suspects, along with acts that "denigrate" their religious practices.

Bush ordered the CIA to draw up a new, comprehensive policy for the treatment of detainees. It is not clear how the order affects a signing statement Bush attached to a defense appropriations bill in late 2005, in which he reserved the right as head of the "unitary executive branch" to override existing and future legislation pertaining to detainees.

Posted at 4:28 PM
Posted to: Bush Administration, Detainees, President Bush, Terrorism
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