Army already pushing new ban's limit

After Bush's widely celebrated acceptance of the McCain ban on torture, discussed the last post here, it seems the military has been holding back its "trump card" in this loaded poker game.

The International Herald Tribune reports that the Army has just completed a classified 10-page addendum to the manual on interrogation techniques which specifies exactly what techniques may be used on detainees.

It provides dozens of "acceptable" techniques, many of which according to anonymous sources "go right up to the edge" in terms of McCain's provision banning "cruel" treatment. They constitute a "stick in the eye" of the Arizona Senator and the majority of the House and Senate who supported the bill, according to an Army official.

More information is yet to come out about these "techniques."

Senate oversight of the Pentagon has always been a difficult game of cat-and-mouse on issues related to military spending and human rights.