US Democrats on Sunday attacked US president George W. Bush for using a veto to block legislation that would have barred the use by the Central Intelligence Agency of harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.
“The CIA’s programme damages our national security by weakening our legal and moral authority, and by providing al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups [with] a recruiting and motivational tool,” said Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, who chairs the Senate intelligence committee.
