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Bush: Americans barred from torture 'anywhere in the world'

US President George Bush said today that a recently passed US law barring torture doesn’t contain loopholes that would allow abuses.

Bush: Americans barred from torture 'anywhere in the world'

Thu, 26 Jan, 2006 - 17:16

US President George Bush said today that a recently passed US law barring torture doesn’t contain loopholes that would allow abuses.

“No American will be allowed to torture another human being anywhere in the world,” Bush said at a White House news conference.

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