Saturday, September 16, 2006

Toobin: Bush 'playing chicken' with senators - Sep 15, 2006


Actually, it sounded more like a threat:

If you don't give me what I want, there will be another terrorist attack.

(Hummm...how would he know that unless his administration is planning another one?)

CNN.com - Toobin: Bush 'playing chicken' with senators - Sep 15, 2006:

CNN) -- President Bush warned on Friday that a CIA interrogation program for terror suspects is in jeopardy unless Congress approves his proposals seeking to reinterpret America's application of the Geneva Conventions.

Bush's remarks were the latest salvo in efforts to write new rules that he said would clarify how Geneva Conventions provisions apply to detainee interrogations. A GOP-controlled Senate panel defied Bush on the issue, recommending a bill that would set up military courts without changing the U.S. reading of the Conventions.

CNN anchor Tony Harris spoke with CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Friday about Bush's comments.

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