Bush hits back on terror 'torture' row

President Bush today insisted that violent interrogation methods for terror suspects were not torture.

Fri, 05 Oct, 2007 - 16:57

President Bush today insisted that violent interrogation methods for terror suspects were not torture.

He spoke out after the leak of two secret memos which advised the US government that head slaps, freezing temperatures and simulated drownings were legal.

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