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"Eleven retired military leaders "strongly support" proposed amendments by U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., "requiring all interrogations of detainees in Department of Defense (DOD) custody to conform to the U.S. Army's Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation (FM 34-52), and prohibiting the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by any U.S. government agency."

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The New York Times reported today that McCain could attach the amendments to the 2006 DOD authorization bill, which the Senate will debate this week, and that the White House is threatening to veto the DOD authorization bill if the McCain amendments are included in it.


"It is now apparent that the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and elsewhere took place in part because our men and women in uniform were given ambiguous instructions, which in some cases authorized treatment that went beyond what was allowed by the Army Field Manual," wrote the retired military leaders in a letter to Sen. McCain.

"Administration officials confused matters further by declaring that U.S. personnel are not bound by longstanding prohibitions of cruel treatment when interrogating non-U.S. citizens on foreign soil. ..."

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