Bush signs law authorizing harsh interrogation - Yahoo! News
Bush signs law authorizing harsh interrogation - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush signed a law on Tuesday authorizing tough interrogation and prosecution of terrorism suspects and took an indirect, election-year swipe at Democrats who opposed the legislation.
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Bush, trying to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Congress by emphasizing national security, called the Military Commissions Act of 2006 'one of the most important pieces of legislation in the war on terror.'
Human rights groups charge that the measure would allow harsh techniques bordering on torture, such as sleep deprivation and induced hypothermia."
