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40+ Retired Flag and General Officers Urge Senate Support for Ending Torture in Advance of Wednesday Vote
February 13, 2008Forty-three retired generals and admirals -- including 10 four-star officers -- sent a letter yesterday to the leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence urging support for a provision of the intelligence authorization bill that
would require the CIA and other intelligence agents of the U.S. government to adhere to interrogation rules set out in the Army Field Manual. The provision, which passed the House in December as part of the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 2082, is scheduled for a vote in the Senate today, Wednesday. Full release.