H.R.2082 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Sponsor: Silvestre Reyes / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. hidemore...
Summary
This bill allows for appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2008 for various government Intelligence Agencies including the CIA, Department of Defense, FBI, and others. (by MAPLight.org)
Status
A veto override was attempted.

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President vetoes bill that would ban waterboarding by Megan Luecke, Mar 24, 2008 (11:18pm)

The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 would set aside money for intelligence-related activities in 2008. Most importantly, it would limit America’s interrogation techniques to those in line with the Geneva Convention and the Army Field Manual. Thus, the United States would no longer be able to torture prisoners of war at home or in foreign countries, such as at Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib. Specifically, it would outlaw waterboarding, sexual harassment, beatings, electric shocks, and the deprivation of necessary food, water, or medical care, among other forms of abuse. However, because President Bush vetoed the bill, it is unclear whether it will garner enough votes from Congress to pass.

However, the bill sets aside money for non-military forms of gathering intelligence in ways that don’t make sense. For example, the bill would require the Director of National Intelligence to estimate the geopolitical effects of global warming, even though it unlikely that the director has a background in climate change.

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