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Amid much fanfare, President Bush reversed course and agreed to back an amendment--sponsored by Arizona Senator John McCain and, until recently, vehemently opposed by the White House--that would ban the torture of prisoners held by the U.S. anywhere in the world. But CIA spooks who interrogate terrorist suspects, such as alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, may not need to don kid gloves just yet. U.S. officials conceded to TIME that the White House and McCain, a former Navy POW in Vietnam, made certain the amendment imposes no new penalties for any CIA operatives who violate...
...most, the measure may give the Justice Department new, if murky, grounds to enforce the long-standing ban on torture that some had argued applied only on U.S. soil. But, Hadley suggested, McCain's amendment to the Pentagon policy bill may end up making it more difficult to prosecute interrogators if they employ techniques green-lighted by government lawyers and thus can use "good-faith reliance on the advice of counsel" as a defense...
...convictions overturned for us to have confidence in the accuracy of the system. In the name of moral consistency, it is incumbent on all governors to grant clemency to those who face execution and commute their sentences to life imprisonment without parole. Until the federal government or the states ban the death penalty, governors should have the courage to protest the travesty that is government-sanctioned execution. Governors are not automatons that must bend to the pressure of unjust laws. They more than any other individuals have the power to achieve true justice. Tookie Williams, before his execution, served...
...after months of resisting Senator John McCain?s push to ban torture in U.S. detention facilities, the White House retreated on Thursday. One day after the House of Representatives gave its support to McCain?s measure, the Bush Administration agreed to a deal that would put McCain?s language prohibiting ?cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment? into a long-delayed Senate defense authorization bill. ?This government does not torture and we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad," President Bush said while announcing the deal alongside McCain in the Oval Office...
...also won't hurt the Brotherhood's image with the U.S. As an activist in the 1980s, el-Erian became friendly with Francis Ricciardone, then a young embassy official and currently ambassador to Egypt. So far, the old acquaintances have failed to reunite. Ricciardone suggests the U.S. ban on meetings could be waived for the Brotherhood's M.P.s, telling TIME, "We have always had contact with elected independent members of parliament." Now that they're entering Egypt's halls of power, el-Erian and the Brotherhood aren't likely to be ignored much longer...