Oh, I. Awaihekahigah, hekah, he komomad.

Torinagagaga,

Tondai yuki mous.

Boku-a-tavacokkah eipukusunu. I'm not going to sue the tone

Kimin' not go to kara

eunice. Oh, Welcome my friends, Welcome to another edition of the Corbett Report. I am your host

James Corbett, podcasting to you as always from the sunny climes of Western Japan on this 16th day of March 2008.

I'd like to remind all my listeners that all of the documentation backing up all of the statements made in today's podcast can be gleaned. documentation, Under the episode 37 documentation list, you will find links to all of the documents, news

articles, and video resources cited in today's episode.

And now without further ado, it's time for the real news. Today's first story comes from the New York Times, March 9th, 2008.

Vito of Bill on CIA tactics affirms Bush's legacy. President Bush on

Saturday further cemented his legacy of fighting for strong executive powers

using his veto to shut down a congressional effort to limit the Central Intelligence

Agency's latitude to subject terrorism suspects to harsh interrogation techniques.

Mr Bush vetoed a bill that would have explicitly prohibited the agency from using interrogation methods like waterboarding,

a technique in which restrained prisoners are threatened with drowning, and that has been the subject of intense

criticism at home and abroad. Many such techniques are prohibited by the military and law enforcement

agencies.

Mr. Bush's veto, the ninth of his presidency,

but the eighth in the past 10 months with Democrats in control of Congress,

underscored his determination to preserve many of the executive prerogatives his administration

is claimed in the name of fighting terrorism and to enshrine them into law.

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