CIA not bound to humane policy: Gonzales [View All]

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OUT OF REACH: The candidate for head of the US Justice Department is claiming regulations on prisoner treatment don't always apply overseas

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , Washington
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005,Page 7

Officers of the CIA and other nonmilitary personnel fall outside the bounds of a 2002 directive issued by US President George W. Bush that pledged the humane treatment of prisoners in American custody, Alberto Gonzales, the White House counsel, said in documents that were released on Tuesday.

In written responses to questions posed by senators as part of his confirmation for attorney general, Gonzales also said a separate congressional ban on cruel, unusual and inhumane treatment had "a limited reach" and furthermore that the congressional ban did not apply in all cases to "aliens overseas." <snip>

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