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  • March 2008

    • NYPD and FBI Tussle Over War on Terror

      Washington Post  |  Mar 22, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      NYPD and FBI Tussle Over War on Terror

      (Newser) - Irked by the FBI, New York police have quietly turned their anti-terror mission into a global operation, the Washington Post reports. They have nabbed suspected terrorists and won convictions, but Big Apple cops still fume over the FBI's refusal to share data. “Controlling information is power, and they don't want to let it go,” NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • FBI  • CIA  • War on Terror  • counterterrorism  • NYPD  • New York City Police Department  • Raymond Kelly

    • Lawyers Declare Innocence of Waterboarding Victim

      CNN  |  Mar 18, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      Lawyers Declare Innocence of Waterboarding Victim

      (Newser) - Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah isn’t a member of al Qaeda or the Taliban, his lawyers contend, and he’s never tried to harm American citizens. Held in CIA secret prisons and waterboarded, Zubaydah wasn’t given anything “that would satisfy even the most basic notions of due process,” his lawyers wrote in a deposition unsealed yesterday, arguing that the native Saudi should go free. More »

    • Qaeda Suspect Held by CIA, Moved to Gitmo

      Reuters  |  Mar 15, 08 7:15 AM CDT

      Qaeda Suspect Held by CIA, Moved to Gitmo

      (Newser) - A top al-Qaeda suspect who has been in secret CIA detention for at least 6 months was moved this week  to Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said yesterday. Muhammad Rahim, described as a "tough, seasoned, jihadist," is said to have been a close associate of Osama bin Laden's who helped the al-Qaeda leader escape from Afghanistan as the Americans hunted him after 9/11, Reuters reports. More »

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      Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Pentagon  • Guantanamo Bay  • CIA  • War on Terror  • Osama bin Laden  • interrogation

    • US 'Buried' Tortured Yemeni in Jail for Years: Rights Group

      Reuters  |  Mar 14, 08 5:10 AM CDT

      US 'Buried' Tortured Yemeni in Jail for Years: Rights Group

      (Newser) - A Yemeni man was held by the US in secret prisons for nearly three years and subjected to torture after his capture in Iraq, a human rights group has charged in a condemnation of America's "cruel" defiance of international law. The man, Khaled al-Maqtari, was held in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, secret jails in Afghanistan, and a CIA prison in an unknown location, where he was hung upside down by a chain, beaten and drenched with icy water, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • CIA  • War on Terror  • torture  • Abu Ghraib  • Yemen  • Amnesty International  • secret prisons

    • UK Questions Mount Over US 'Torture Flights'

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 10, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      UK Questions Mount Over US 'Torture Flights'

      (Newser) - Amid pressure British officials said yesterday that they were “working behind the scenes” to root out more information about the CIA rendition flights that landed on British soil, the Guardian reports. The UN’s special torture investigator has said there is credible evidence to suggest that the US ran a detention center on the British territory of Diego Garcia, rather than simply refueling planes there. More »

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      Great Britain  • Guantanamo Bay  • CIA  • torture  • detainee  • prisoners  • David Miliband  • rendition  • Diego Garcia

    • War Architect Blasts CIA, State Dept. for Iraq Fumbles

      Washington Post  |  Mar 9, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      War Architect Blasts CIA, State Dept. for Iraq Fumbles

      (Newser) - A top Iraq war architect slams the CIA and State Department for flawed handling of the build-up and eventual invasion in a new book, the Washington Post reports. Douglas Feith, former undersecretary of defense, takes shots at Colin Powell, Tommy Franks, and ex-occupation chief Paul Bremer, among others, for brushing off Feith’s and the Bush administration’s plans. More »

    • Bush Vetoes Ban on Waterboarding

      New York Times  |  Mar 8, 08 9:49 AM CST

      Bush Vetoes Ban on Waterboarding

      (Newser) - President Bush today vetoed a bill that would have prevented the CIA from using harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, the New York Times reports. "We need to ensure our intelligence officials have all the tools they need to stop the terrorists,” the president said. Democrats do not have the votes to override the veto. More »

  • February 2008

    • DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

      New York Times  |  Feb 22, 08 8:15 PM CST

      DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

      (Newser) - The Department of Justice is probing its own legal approval of waterboarding for the CIA, the New York Times reports. DOJ ethics chief H. Marshall Jarrett confirmed today that his office is conducting the first public inquiry of the 5-year-old advice and may issue a non-classified report when it is ready. More »

    • CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

      BBC  |  Feb 21, 08 2:17 PM CST

      CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

      (Newser) - Two US flights carrying terror suspects for interrogation abroad—a practice known as extraordinary rendition—landed on British territory in 2002, confirmed CIA Director Michael Hayden today. Though the UK previously denied such landings, Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted planes refueled on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, reports the BBC, a fact revealed in a recent search of US records. More »

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      Great Britain  • Condoleezza Rice  • Gordon Brown  • CIA  • War on Terror  • Tony Blair  • David Miliband  • rendition  • Diego Garcia

    • Is He Against Torture?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 19, 08 6:45 PM CST

      Is He Against Torture?

      (Newser) - The LA Times editorial board today slammed John McCain for a vote the paper feels undermines the senator’s “admirable” opposition to torture in interrogations. McCain, whom the Times endorsed earlier this month, voted against legislation that forbids CIA interrogators from using waterboarding or other methods banned by the Army Field Manual. The law passed the House and the Senate, but now faces the Bush veto—something the Times thinks the GOP frontrunner’s support could’ve mitigated.