Skip to comments.
McCain vows torture ban in (all) Senate bills
The Blade ^
| Nov. 5, 2005
Posted on 11/05/2005 1:26:35 PM PST by jmc1969
WASHINGTON - Girding for a potential fight with the Bush administration, supporters of a ban on torturing prisoners of war by U.S. interrogators threatened Friday to include the prohibition in nearly every bill the Senate considers until it becomes law.
The no-torture wording, which proponents say is supported by majorities in both houses of Congress, was included last month in the Senate's version of a defense spending bill. The measure's final form is being negotiated with the House, and the White House is pushing for either a rewording or deletion of the torture ban.
On Friday, at the urging of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, the Senate by a voice vote added the ban to a related defense bill as a backup.
Speaking from the Senate floor, McCain said, "If necessary - and I sincerely hope it is not - I and the co-sponsors of this amendment will seek to add it to every piece of important legislation voted on in the Senate until the will of a substantial bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress prevails. Let no one doubt our determination."
(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 109th; cia; mccain; torturebill
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-104 next last
1
posted on
11/05/2005 1:26:36 PM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
McCain's an idiot if he thinks this is going to help his chances of becoming president.
2
posted on
11/05/2005 1:29:13 PM PST
by
No Longer Free State
(No event has just one cause, no person has just one motive, no action has just the intended effect)
To: jmc1969
Good! Another nail in the McCain '08 Campaign coffin.
3
posted on
11/05/2005 1:29:31 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: jmc1969
Stupid idea. There's a suitcase nuke planted in NYC. We catch the perp who set it up, but can't torture him to devulge the location beofere we lose a city. And I guess sleep deprivation is "torture" now too.
Don't bother running for president, McCain.
4
posted on
11/05/2005 1:29:58 PM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: No Longer Free State
Now all we need is for the definition of Torture to include self righteous speeches from has been politicians!
5
posted on
11/05/2005 1:31:14 PM PST
by
txroadhawg
("Stuck on stupid? I invented stupid! " Al Gore)
To: jmc1969
The no-torture wording, ......"cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment"... Can't wait to see what qualifies as "cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment".
6
posted on
11/05/2005 1:32:37 PM PST
by
moehoward
To: DTogo
Good! Another nail in the McCain '08 Campaign coffin. Not if he decides to "Report for Duty" on the Hollywood side of the aisle. He just loved that movie they made for him. Maybe he'll run with Her Heinness.
7
posted on
11/05/2005 1:32:57 PM PST
by
rhombus
To: jmc1969
He has been brainwashed in 'Nam. His thinking is a little bit addled.
He needs to resign and go to a nursing home. After all, this is the "Be kind to dumb animal week!"
8
posted on
11/05/2005 1:33:26 PM PST
by
Sen Jack S. Fogbound
(Hello, I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you!)
To: jmc1969
At least we know the old fool aint running for President.
9
posted on
11/05/2005 1:33:35 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: jmc1969
What makes me really sick in the stomach is not just the provision but also the fact that there is no political price to pay for promoting this disgusting provision.
When will people really wakeup and smell the threat of terrorism?
To: jmc1969
McCain vows torture ban in (all) Senate billsDammit. How else can we make them stop spending so much money!
12
posted on
11/05/2005 1:39:08 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: jmc1969
Americans don't use torture, so codifying it into law should be no problem.
To: jmc1969
Speaking from the Senate floor, McCain said, "If necessary - and I sincerely hope it is not - I and the co-sponsors of this amendment will seek to add it to every piece of important legislation voted on in the Senate until the will of a substantial bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress prevails. Let no one doubt our determination." Taxation and loss of personal freedom then apparently isn't a concern for Senator MCain.
14
posted on
11/05/2005 1:40:28 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: No Longer Free State
I don't think he is promoting this stupid, dumb, disgusting, outrageous, and pathetic idea to improve his chances in 2008. He is promoting it because he believes in it. That is the only explanation I can give to this madness.
To: jmc1969
Maybe the good Senator should tell us what he did or revealed under torture by the Communists in Vietnam......or perhaps tell us what the Communists recorded of Mr. McCain's behavior while a prisoner, which they haven't released but informed him of its existence...
SOMETHING must explain McCain's and Kerry's despicable behavior during the hearings on Vietnam's POW/MIA Senate "Hearing"...
McCain is compromised and still responding to his "inquisitors" in my honest opinion..
Semper Fi
16
posted on
11/05/2005 1:42:15 PM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: moehoward
Can't wait to see what qualifies as "cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment".Whatever is politically expedient.
17
posted on
11/05/2005 1:42:33 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: rhombus
"Not if he decides to "Report for Duty" on the Hollywood side of the aisle. He just loved that movie they made for him. Maybe he'll run with Her Heinness."
Wouldn't surprise me if he Ross Perot's another Clinton into office as an independent.
18
posted on
11/05/2005 1:43:01 PM PST
by
commonguymd
(My impatience is far more advanced than any known technology.)
To: Baynative
McLame is the Chuck Shumer of the Republican Party. He would run over his grandmother to get in front of a TV camera.
Every time I see his phony (brainwashed) smile on some TV screen I want to puke.
The damage his election law bill did to the first amendment may not be reversed for a generation.
He is total disgusting slime.
19
posted on
11/05/2005 1:43:22 PM PST
by
cgbg
(Racism is identifying, quantifying, and determining social policy by race.)
To: jmc1969
Then DEFINE TORTURE!!!!!!
His bill leaves it up to any judge to decide any time that anything is "torture".
Oh, and it bans "degrading" treatment- what can't a judge do with that?
The sniveling idiot.
20
posted on
11/05/2005 1:44:48 PM PST
by
mrsmith
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-104 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson