NPR's Montagne failed to note Bush administration has not ruled out "waterboarding" torture

On the December 16 broadcast of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, Scott Silliman, executive director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, claimed that "waterboarding, I think, would clearly be prohibited" under Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) amendment barring "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" of prisoners in U.S. custody. But Silliman's interpretation of what the bill "clearly" prohibits is apparently not shared by the Bush administration. Host Renée Montagne failed to note that the administration, whose responsibility it will be to comply with the legislation, refused to rule out "waterboarding" as an unacceptable interrogation technique.
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