Bush defends detainees policy

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'We do not torture,' president says

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) -- President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture.

"There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said. "So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law."

He declared, "We do not torture."

Over White House opposition, the Senate has passed legislation banning torture. With Vice President Dick Cheney as the point man, the administration is seeking an exemption for the CIA. It was recently disclosed that the spy agency maintains a network of prisons in eastern Europe and Asia, where it holds terrorist suspects.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/07/bush.torture.ap/index.html


If we "We do not torture." then why on Monday did he lobby against a congressional drive to outlaw torture?

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1. "We do not torture"

sounds like when someone gets overly defensive. Like the guy I got my very skittish and obviously previously abused dog from: I made a very innocent comment about rescuing her (he needed to get rid of her very quickly and I was giving her a good home) and he blurted out, "I Don't beat that dog!!"

sure you don't.