Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Ban

President Bush has vetoed legislation designed to specifically prohibit the CIA from waterboarding suspects. This is his first veto of 2008 and the ninth in the 7+ years of his presidency.

In December, former CIA agent John Kiriakou acknowledged that the CIA had tortured at least two suspects but now believes that waterboarding should be part of the "national debate." The Justice Department and the White House approved waterboarding as an "interogation technique" in 2002. Most analysts believe waterboarding violates Geneva Convention prohibitions against torture.

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