{"id":1980,"date":"2007-06-01T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2017-05-21T01:01:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T07:01:48","slug":"white-house-nears-completion-of-new-torture-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/white-house-nears-completion-of-new-torture-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Nears Completion of New Torture Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/waterboarding_nr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/waterboarding_nr.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor<\/p>\n<p>Critics say administration&#8217;s endorsement of &#8216;enhanced interrogation&#8217; is &#8216;immoral,&#8217; draw comparisons to Nazi war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The White House is close to completing a new set of guidelines on the use of &#8220;enhanced interrogative techniques&#8221; by US agents, even as critics say such techniques are &#8220;immoral,&#8221; &#8220;amateurish,&#8221; and &#8220;indistinguishable&#8221; from Nazi war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reports that the administration is preparing &#8220;secret new rules governing interrogations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bush administration is nearing completion of a long-delayed executive order that will set new rules for interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency. 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