Mukasey Refuses to Judge Waterboarding
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey told skeptical senators today that it is "not an easy question' to determine whether waterboarding constitutes illegal torture under U.S. law, but he said there is no need to provide a clear answer because the tactic is no longer employed by the CIA.
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Michael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, told senators Thursday he's resistant to passing a law shielding reporters from being forced to reveal their sources, saying it would be "much easier" to fix internal Justice Department practice if need be.
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LONDON -- The United States has not upheld obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading behavior in the war on terror launched after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said today.
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President Bush's pick for attorney general called the interrogation technique known as "waterboarding" a repugnant practice Tuesday, but again refused to say whether it violates U.S. laws banning torture.
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The U.S. military judge hearing charges of prisoner abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison rejected a request Tuesday for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to submit to an interview, but said he would reconsider if the defense could show a Rumsfeld link to the case.
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Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearing this week may become more contentious because the White House has refused to provide copies of his memos on the questioning of terror suspects.
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A federal judge refused Tuesday to acquit Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on terrorism support charges, clearing the way for defense lawyers to begin presenting their case this week.
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The United States used waterboarding in terrorism interrogations but no longer does, a former U.S. spy chief said in the Bush administration's clearest confirmation of the technique's use.
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Newspaper lawyers asking that a military hearing on the alleged suffocation death of an Iraqi general be held in open court say the Army has refused to let them see evidence on why the session should be closed.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known as waterboarding is illegal, digging in against critics who want the Bush administration to define it as torture.
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Senate Democrats are rejecting Attorney General Michael Mukasey's request to change new sentencing guidelines for crimes involving crack cocaine.
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - A military judge on Monday  rejected a motion to dismiss charges against the suspected  ringleader of abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after lawyers  questioned whether he could get a fair trial.
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U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell said in a magazine interview that waterboarding would be torture if it was used against him personally, but stopped short of condemning the controversial interrogation technique.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen
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Attorney general refuses to declare waterboarding as torture, says CIA no longer uses technique.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer's former communications director refused Monday to obey a subpoena for testimony and documents sought by a state Senate committee investigating allegations of a plot to smear the state's top Republican.
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Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York denied that he would cede to the federal government any of his existing or previous investigations into business practices.