Bush Will Veto Anti-Torture Law after Senate Revolt

The Bush administration pledged to veto legislation banning the torture of prisoners by US troops after an overwhelming and almost unprecedented revolt by loyalist congressmen. The mutiny was the latest setback for an administration facing an increasingly independent and bloody-minded legislature. But it also marked a key moment in Congress’s campaign to curtail the huge powers it has granted the White House since 2001 in its war against terrorism