House panel backs Bush on detainees
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In a dramatic reversal, a U.S. House  of Representatives panel on Wednesday endorsed President George  W. Bush's plan for tough interrogations and trials of foreign  terrorism suspects after Republicans rounded up enough members  to turn defeat into victory.
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A Senate committee's decision to defy President Bush on terrorist tribunals is expected to dominate a presidential news conference this morning. The briefing comes a day after the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 15-9 to recommend a bill -- over the objections of the Bush administration -- that would authorize tribunals for terror suspects in a way that it says would protect the defendants' rights.
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After a Supreme Court decision overruling war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Bush suggested Thursday he would seek Congress&#039; approval to proceed with trying terrorism suspects before military tribunals.
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The Bush administration, called to account by Congress after the Supreme Court blocked military tribunals, said Tuesday all detainees at Guantanamo Bay and in U.S. military custody everywhere are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions.
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House Republican leaders yesterday backed off a controversial proposal to allow deportation of foreign terrorism suspects to countries that practice torture, as lawmakers struggled to complete
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that foreign-born prisoners seized as potential terrorists and held in Guantanamo Bay may not challenge their detention in U.S. courts, a key victory for President Bush's anti-terrorism plan.
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WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are mum or undecided about whether they will support President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, saying they're still concerned about his independence and objectivity.    During a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing for former House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., the panel's Democrats appeared most concerned about his Republican background and recent politically charged comments...
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U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of terrorism suspects, has issued new rules to ensure that detention and interrogation by the CIA comply with the Geneva Conventions' ban on torture.
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Rights groups on Thursday gave a   guarded welcome to the Bush administration's new rules for   treatment of detainees, but said U.S. officials should not try   top al Qaeda suspects in "kangaroo court" tribunals.
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A US Senate panel rejected President George W. Bush's plan to relax standards on the treatment of &quot;war on terror&quot; suspects, instead backing a substitute bill offering greater rights protections to foreign detainees.
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Congress took major steps toward establishing a new system for dealing with terror suspects as the House approved legislation sought by President Bush.
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A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
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An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the part of a tough anti-terrorism law signed by President George W. Bush that took away the right of Guantanamo prisoners to challenge their detention before U.S. federal judges.
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The House approved GOP-crafted legislation Friday to implement the Sept. 11 commission&#39;s recommendations and give law enforcement new powers to fight terrorism and curb illegal immigration.
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Guantanamo prisoners and other  foreigners got a step closer to regaining the right to  challenge their detention in the U.S. courts in a bill approved  in a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.
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The House voted Thursday to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether a purge of federal prosecutors was politically motivated.
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The US House of Representatives backs a bill which would ban the use of harsh interrogation techniques by the CIA.