Congressmen call on Mukasey to explain counterterrorism pardons comments
December 5, 2008
[JURIST] Two US congressman on Thursday sent a letter [text] to US Attorney General Michael Mukasey [official profile; JURIST news archive], calling on him to explain comments he made Wednesday about pardoning US counterterrorism officials for their controversial policies. Mukasey told reporters.... [more] 
'Enhanced' interrogation techniques can be lawful: DOJ memos
July 25, 2008
[JURIST] Three Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] memos [materials] released Thursday indicate that certain enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding [JURIST news archive], are lawful and that those who employ them in good faith lack the specific intent required to be.... [more]
Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
May 23, 2008
[JURIST] US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [official profile; JURIST news archive] Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of the use of harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding [JURIST news archive], on suspected terrorist detainees. In her comments at the.... [more]
Federal judge orders handover of CIA 'torture' memo
May 8, 2008
[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA [order, PDF] to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the CIA to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST news archive] - on US detainees held.... [more]
Senate committee backs measure to block CIA use of waterboarding
April 30, 2008
[JURIST] The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] voted Tuesday to restrict Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] interrogators to techniques explicitly authorized by the military, approving a measure that would effectively prevent the CIA from using.... [more]
Top White House officials approved harsh interrogation methods: reports
April 11, 2008
[JURIST] US Vice President Dick Cheney and other top White House officials approved controversial interrogation methods, including waterboarding [JURIST news archive], in secret meetings, AP reported Friday. An unnamed former senior intelligence official confirmed an earlier ABC News report [text].... [more]
US House fails to override Bush veto of waterboarding ban
March 12, 2008
[JURIST] Democrats in the US House of Representatives Tuesday failed to secure enough votes to override President George W. Bush's veto [JURIST report] of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 [HR 2082 materials], which would have prohibited the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official.... [more]
Democrats, rights groups criticize Bush veto of waterboarding ban
March 9, 2008
[JURIST] Democratic members of both the US House and Senate have criticized President George Bush's Saturday veto [JURIST report] of a bill [HR 2082 materials] that would have prohibited the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] from using waterboarding [JURIST report] and other.... [more]
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