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07-12-2005, 14:07
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KIEV, Ukraine - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to clarify U.S. policy on harsh interrogation methods, saying no U.S. personnel may use cruel or degrading practices at home or abroad.
Rice's remarks followed confusion in the United States over whether
CIA employees could use means otherwise off limits for U.S. personnel.
It also follows strong and sustained criticism in Europe over techniques such as waterboarding, in which prisoners are strapped to a plank and dunked in water.
...
The Bush administration has previously said the ban on cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment did not apply to Americans working overseas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_re_eu/rice
KIEV, Ukraine - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to clarify U.S. policy on harsh interrogation methods, saying no U.S. personnel may use cruel or degrading practices at home or abroad.
Rice's remarks followed confusion in the United States over whether
CIA employees could use means otherwise off limits for U.S. personnel.
It also follows strong and sustained criticism in Europe over techniques such as waterboarding, in which prisoners are strapped to a plank and dunked in water.
...
The Bush administration has previously said the ban on cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment did not apply to Americans working overseas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_re_eu/rice