Senate adds anti-torture language to spending bill (Knight Ridder)
6th Oct 2005, 15:35 GMT
Knight Ridder - WASHINGTON -The Senate delivered a stern rebuke to the Bush administration Wednesday night, adding language banning U.S. torture of military prisoners to a $440 billion military spending bill in defiance of a White House threat to veto the whole bill if the anti-torture language was attached.
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