If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be An Issue (Updated)

The question of whether members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities should be allowed to use waterboarding and other forms of torture during interrogations might be largely irrelevant today if not for...

Guantánamo Bay Detainees' Terror Convictions Overturned in France

The terror convictions of five former Guantánamo Bay detainees have been overturned in France after the high court ruled the evidence of their guilt was obtained in a manner that violated French rules of evidence...

Cheney: Obama policies risk catastrophic attacks

.Former vice president Cheney does not appear to support the new policies of the new president. Barack Obama. " Former vice president Dick Cheney has warned that President Barack Obama's anti-terror policies risk...

Probe: Pentagon sought abusive interrogations after 9/11

" The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam on American POWs despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the...

Guns in the Sand: Saudi Terror Plot Unearthed

The accused terrorists had hidden a cache of weapons beneath the esert sand in a long-term bid to attack a Saudi oil installation."Saudi security forces have arrested scores of suspects in a terror plot involving attacks on senior officials and government oil, military and...

Compromise may be coming on CIA program

"The Bush administration and holdout GOP senators expressed confidence on Sunday they could reach a compromise on rules for CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists. Neither the president's national security aides nor some of the lawmakers who are resisting White House...

W.House: deal possible on CIA interrogations (Reuters)

" By Tabassum Zakaria 1 hour, 36 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House, facing a Senate Republican revolt over CIA " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> CIA treatment of terrorist suspects, said on Sunday that a compromise can be reached over...

Bush wants 'clarity' on interrogations (AP)

" WASHINGTON - Facing a GOP revolt in the Senate, President Bush " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> President Bush urged Congress on Friday to join in backing legislation to spell out strategies for interrogating and trying terror suspects, saying "the enemy...

The Mystery of the Abu Ghraib Tattoo

One photograph that stands out from all the other photographs.

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