Is the CIA coercing the WH to shield CIA employees.....

[hiabrill]

..... In return the CIA will shield Cheney and Bush in the CIA Leak Scandal.

Has there been a bargain?



WHouse seeks to shield CIA from detainee rules:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has proposed that CIA employees be exempted from a measure barring cruel and degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The proposal states that the legislation approved by the U.S. Senate shall not apply to counterterrorism operations abroad or to operations conducted by "an element of the United States government" other than the Defense Department, the newspaper reported, citing two unidentified sources.

The report said Vice President Dick Cheney, with CIA Director Porter Goss present, handed the proposal to Sen. John McCain last Thursday.

McCain rejected the proposed exemption at the meeting with Cheney, the newspaper said, citing a government source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

[cynatnite]

1. They're trying to get around McCain's bill...

They want to continue the torturing of detainees. I don't believe any deal was struck.

[HereSince1628]

2. They've also provided protection to almost every other gov. group

[reprehensor]

3. I don't think so.

I think the White House doesn't want anybody who takes orders from the Administration to be liable for the use of torture.