Original sentence: Brownback authorized the President to establish permissible interrogation techniques and to "interpret the meaning and application" of international Geneva Convention standards, so long as the coercion fell short of "serious" bodily or psychological injury.Brownback's vote gave a retroactive, nine-year immunity to U.On September 28, 2006, Brownback voted (with a largely Republican majority) to suspend habeas corpus provisions for anyone deemed by the Executive Branch an "unlawful combatant," barring them from challenging their detentions in court.President Bush signed the bill into law on October 17, 2006.officials who authorized, ordered, or committed acts of torture and abuse, permitting the use of statements obtained through torture to be used in military tribunals so long as the abuse took place by December 30, 2005