The House approved an intelligence bill Thursday that would prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods.
The 222-199 vote sent the measure to the Senate, which still must act before it can go to President Bush. The White House has threatened a veto.
The bill, a House-Senate compromise to authorize intelligence operations in 2008, also blocks spending 70 percent of the intelligence budget until the House and Senate intelligence committees are briefed on Israel's Sept. 6 air strike on an alleged nuclear site in Syria.
I think that, in some way, this was a practice run before attacking Iran. I find it amazing that no sufficient explanation for this has ever been provided. Of course we all know that this was done with the full support of our White House. Israel doesn't even dare to fart without our permission.
The White House threatened to veto the measure this week in a lengthy statement, highlighting more than 11 areas of disagreement with the bill.
Look for Dick Cheney to have another heart attack when this thing gets through the Senate.
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