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CIA to Surrender Tape Records

House will get secret documents on destroyed water boarding videos

Dec 20, 07 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The CIA will provide documents on the destruction of interrogation videotapes to the House Intelligence Committee and allow the agency's top attorney to testify, the New York Times reports. It's unclear whether the man who ordered the videos destroyed, clandestine service chief Jose Rodriguez, will also testify. The tapes showed... More »

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CIA • Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jose Rodriguez • waterboarding • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • Silvestre Reyes • John A. Rizzo

House Passes Ban on CIA Waterboarding

Interrogations must meet Geneva  standards under bill

Dec 13, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The House of Representatives today approved a bill that would forbid the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods, including waterboarding, Reuters reports. The measure follows revelations that the agency destroyed tapes showing al Qaeda suspects subjected to simulated drowning. But the bill still has to pass the Senate, and has... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • Geneva Convention • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • CIA videotapes

Congress Kept in Dark, CIA Chief Admits

Hayden backtracks after 'stunning' closed-door committee testimony

Dec 12, 07 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden acknowledged today that the agency did not inform Congress about the creation or destruction of videotapes of harsh interrogations of al-Qaeda detainees, the New York Times reports. “We could have done an awful lot better at keeping the committee alert and informed,” Hayden... More »

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CIA • torture • waterboarding • House Intelligence Committee • al-Qaeda

CIA Chief
Sheds Little Light on Tapes

Hayden grilled by Senate panel, says videos predate him

Dec 11, 07 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Senators grilled CIA chief Michael Hayden for 90 minutes today, but his appearance behind closed doors shed little light on the agency's destruction of interrogation videotapes, the AP reports. Hayden's session was "useful and not yet complete," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller of the intelligence panel. Afterward, Hayden said... More »

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CIA • torture • Senate • House of Representatives • video • Michael Hayden • waterboarding • interrogation techniques

Ex-CIA Agent: Waterboarding Useful Torture

He saw a key prisoner break in 35 seconds; intel saved many lives

Dec 11, 07 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The highly controversial use of  waterboarding in terrorist interrogations has "probably saved lives" but is torture, a former CIA officer told ABC News last night and the Today show this morning. John Kiriakou watched a prisoner break down under waterboarding in 35 seconds, he said, and "from that... More »

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CIA • torture • terrorism • waterboarding

McCain Updates Waterboard Dig
at Romney

Says that US hanged Japanese who did it to Americans in WWII

Nov 29, 07 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain today extended his angry response to Mitt Romney’s cagey comments on torture in last night’s debate, reminding Americans that the US hanged members of the Japanese military for waterboarding Americans in WWII. “There should be little doubt that we consider that as torture,” McCain... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • POW • Geneva Convention • waterboarding

Senate Confirms Mukasey as AG

Bush nominee overcomes waterboarding flap

Nov 8, 07 10:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate tonight approved retired judge Michael Mukasey to be the next attorney general, AP reports. Mukasey, whose refusal to declare that waterboarding is illegal nearly torpedoed his nomination, will replace Alberto Gonzales. "This is the only chance we have," said Dianne Feinstein before the 53-40 vote, referring... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Charles Schumer • Senate • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding

Bush Criticizes Mukasey Inquisitors

Senators asked AG nominee 'unfair questions' on torture

Nov 1, 07 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Interrogation techniques held the spotlight today as President Bush accused Senate Democrats of asking attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey "unfair" questions about waterboarding and torture. Bush claimed Mukasey "doesn't know whether we use that technique or not," and lauded the candidate for not telling "an enemy... More »

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torture • Senate Judiciary Committee • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding

Mukasey Faces Uncertain Vote

Attorney General nominee on thin ice with Democrats

Oct 31, 07 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A vote that could send the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general to the full Senate will come Tuesday, the Democrat in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee said today. Once thought certain, Mukasey's confirmation now appears to hinge on his refusal to classify as illegal torture the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Chris Dodd • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding

Mukasey Calls Waterboarding 'Repugnant,' Dodges Legality

AG nominee's 'massive hedge' worries critics

Oct 31, 07 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey frustrated senators on both sides of the aisle by again refusing to specify whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, calling it only "repugnant," CNN reports. "Hypotheticals are different from real life," Mukasey wrote to confirmation committee members yesterday, adding... More »

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torture • Attorney General • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Michael Mukasey • confirmation hearings • waterboarding

Mukasey Hits Resistance
on Torture

Dems balk over AG nominee's refusal to rule out waterboarding

Oct 27, 07 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - If AG nominee Michael Mukasey doesn't clarify his views on which interrogation techniques are constitutional, Democratic senators say they may oppose his confirmation. Proceedings that were expected to be smooth sailing ran into trouble this week when Mukasey, who has denounced the use of torture, declined to specify whether he... More »

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torture • Attorney General • Harry Reid • Arlen Specter • Michael Mukasey • confirmation hearings • waterboarding

Mukasey Silent on Torture, Vocal on Spying

AG nominee's testimony a "massive hedge," says Democratic senator

Oct 18, 07 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey remained mum today on whether interrogation methods such as waterboarding constitute torture. But the president’s nominee for attorney general spoke out in favor of the White House’s eavesdropping program, the NY Times reports, frustrating and confusing Democrats on the second day of his confirmation hearings.... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Patrick Leahy • Constitution • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding • Sheldon Whitehouse • George W. Bush

Justice Memos Endorse Torture

Officials gave green light for array of painful interrogation techniques

Oct 4, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales secretly endorsed the use of torture techniques during interrogation by the CIA, the New York Times reports. A classified 2005 legal memorandum authorized the harshest  techniques ever used by the CIA, the Times says, including a combination of head-slapping, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, freezing, loud... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • black sites • interogation • head slapping • waterboarding • freezing temperatures • US Supreme Court

Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

Professional group to condemn interrogation techniques

Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon. Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long... More »

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CIA • torture • abuse • psychology • detainee • interrogation • sleep deprivation • waterboarding • torture list

McCain Opposes Water Boarding

But he's the only GOP candidate who does,
as field wrestles with detainee treatment

May 17, 07 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Rudy Giuliani is the only GOP presidential candidate who differs from the pack on abortion, John McCain stands alone on treatment of detainees, the LA Times notes. In the second debate, while Mitt Romney and Giuliani sanctioned using some forms of torture, including water boarding, on suspected terrorists, former... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • torture • Republican • presidency • interrogation • waterboarding • Election 2008

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