Senate Nixes CIA Waterboarding, Bush Likely to Veto

The Senate voted 51 to 45 to prohibit the CIA from waterboarding and seven other "enhanced" interrogation techniques and using only the 19 methods of interrogation in the Army field manual. President Bush's spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "The president will veto that bill."

From Breitbart

The Senate voted Wednesdy to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects despite President Bush's threat to veto any measure that limits the agency's interrogation techniques.

The prohibition was contained in a bill authorizing intelligence activities for the current year. The bill would restrict the CIA to the 19 interrogation techniques outlined in the Army field manual. That manual prohibits waterboarding, a method that makes an interrogation subject feel he is drowning. The bill passed on a 51-45 vote.

The House had approved the measure in December, so Wednesday's Senate vote set up a confrontation with the White House, where Bush has promised to veto any bill that restricts CIA questioning.