US+Interrogation+Tactics

Proposed interrogation legislation from conservatives Methods Hypothermia Stress Positions "Waterboarding", a practice of simulated drowning Seeks to amend 1996 law, War Crimes Act Shield CIA personnel No liability to uphold Geneva Conventions Since fight on terror, harsher interrogation methods needed Changes needed To give clear guidelines and legal protection to CIA interrogators Questioning of terrorists in CIA custody produced Capture of nearly every senior al-Qaida member detained by the U.S. Thwart number of terrorist attacks home and abroad Republican senators defy GWB on bill John Warner, Virginia, chairman Senate Armed Services John McCain, Arizona Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Former Sec. of State Colin Powell Major contention: Spur other countries to do same practices New interpretation could threaten safety of US forces overseas Captured American troops in jeopardy Article 3 of Geneva Conventions Prohibits nations engaged in combat from: // "Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, // // cruel treatment and torture, " // and " //outrages upon personal dignity, in// // particular, humiliating and degrading treatment. " // Bush asked to clarify Urged by anger Rep. Senators What US law considers acceptable interrogation under article 3
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