Showdown looms in Congress over U.S.-sponsored torture

A congressional conference committee is expected to vote soon on amendments to the annual defense spending bill that would prohibit U.S.-sponsored torture anywhere in the world. President Bush has threatened to veto the entire bill. Read more...
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THE CHARLES GOYETTE SHOW....
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/index.cgi?2005-11-09-Charles

7:00 am-7:30 am

James Bovard
http://www.jimbovard.com

at the Freedom Summit http://www.freedomsummit.com/

7:30 am-8:00 am

Kevin Murray
kcmurray23@msn.com; via Dick Campbell, dcampbell@uusc.org, http://www.uusc.org

Murray is director of advocacy and communications for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, an international human rights organization. He said today: "Incredibly, President Bush continues to assert publicly that the United States does not use torture while his administration's behavior proves just the opposite. The president has threatened to veto the annual defense spending bill if it includes a Senate-approved amendment to prohibit torture. And Vice President Cheney is pressuring Congress to exempt the CIA from any anti-torture legislation.

"Moreover the use of torture as an interrogation technique does nothing to aid the war against terrorism. The reality, as evidenced over the past two years by the war in Iraq, is that U.S.-sponsored torture -- whether committed by the CIA, the U.S. military, or by proxies in other countries -- does not yield reliable intelligence, encourages anti-American hatred, and endangers our own soldiers if they should become prisoners."

Guest: James Bovard, Kevin Murray

Subject: Attention Deficit Democracy, Torture, Freedom Summit

* Listen to the MP3 Audio - Segment 1 (9.15 MB)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-11-09-Charles-01.mp3

* Listen to the MP3 Audio - Segment 2 (9.62 MB)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-11-09-Charles-02.mp3

* Listen to the MP3 Audio - Segment 3 (9.27 MB)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-11-09-Charles-03.mp3

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