Europe satisfied with U.S. position on torture

On Wednesday, Ms [Condoleezza] Rice stressed that all American interrogators were bound by the UN Convention on Torture, whether they worked in the US or abroad.

The Bush administration has previously said the convention, which bans cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, does not apply to US personnel abroad.

With that, European leaders pronounced themselves “very satisfied.”

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