McCain fights exception to torture ban
Ex-POW assails bid to exempt the CIA
WASHINGTON -- Senator John McCain yesterday warned that a push by the White House to exempt overseas CIA agents from a proposed ban on mistreating prisoners in US custody would exacerbate the problem of detainee abuse by giving interrogators legal authority to torture suspected terrorists. (Full article: 809 words)
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