More than 30 House Democrats are calling on President Obama not to officially back a Bush-era interpretation of an international treaty banning torture as not applying to CIA and military prisons overseas. Under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, countries are prohibited from exercising “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” of anyone, including suspected terrorists. The Bush administration in 2005 interpreted that treaty to allow for cruel treatment that it argued fell short of torture at secret rendition prisons abroad. At the time, Obama as a senator protested the Bush administration's interpretation, but his administration has never taken a position on...
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