Trump and Torture
From the print edition of The New American
The torture of suspected terrorists is a highly controversial and hotly contested topic. It was used at various interrogation sites and detention camps — including Guantánamo Bay — in the early part of the “War on Terror” following the attacks of 9/11. In March 2008, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have outlawed the various torture tactics used by U.S. authorities by only allowing “those interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by the 2006 Army Field Manual.” In fact, Bush — who had signed the executive order to allow the practices in the first place — told BBC that he was considering exempting the CIA from the portion of the Geneva Conventions that establish the standards for humane treatment during war.
Torture was officially halted by an executive order signed by President Obama in 2009 and then banned by Congress through a law signed by Obama in 2015.
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