I don't think this has been posted yet, but it seems like a typical Friday story. The White House may
veto the upcoming defense spending bill if there is a provision that calls for an independent investigation of the detainee facilities and policies.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday threatened to veto a massive Senate bill for $442 billion in next year's defense programs if it moves to regulate the Pentagon's treatment of detainees or sets up a commission to investigate operations at Guantanamo Bay prison and elsewhere.
The Bush administration, under fire for the indefinite detention of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and questions over whether its policies led to horrendous abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, put lawmakers on notice it did not want them legislating on the matter.
I thought the WH was supportive of "ongoing investigations". This is incredibly disturbing, and telling.