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Ban on Waterboarding Passes Senate

Brian Beutler, Media Consortium

The Senate just squeaked the Intelligence authorization package by on a 51-45 vote. A provision inserted into it by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) during a conference committee bans waterboarding. The president, unsurprisingly, has threatened to veto it.

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