06/06/2007
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 2082, the 'Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.'"
"It is vitally important that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) be allowed to maintain a separate and classified interrogation program."
"The bill would impede the United States Government's efforts to protect the American people effectively from terrorist attacks and other threats."
"I remain committed to an intelligence-gathering program that complies with our legal obligations and our basic values as a people."