Allen, Webb spar over terror legislation
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Virginia Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb said Sunday that President Bush's terror-detainee legislation would weaken the Geneva Conventions and potentially subject captured U.S. soldiers to torture.
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Defying President Bush, Reps. Duncan Hunter and James Sensenbrenner &#151; who led opposition dooming legislation based on the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations &#151; said they won't change their minds without Senate concessions.
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WASHINGTON - House GOP leaders braced Thursday for a late-session showdown with the Senate over conflicting versions of legislation written in response to the terror-fighting recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission...
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An intelligence assessment that the war in Iraq increased Islamic radicalism, worsening the terror threat, set off a sharp debate today among American political officials.
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In a rebuke of President George W.  Bush, a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday  rejected his plan for interrogating foreign terrorist suspects.  The bill, however, will still go to the full House for  consideration.
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White House-backed legislation on   the treatment of terrorism suspects may protect them from   torture but gives the United States immunity from legal   challenges, human rights groups say.
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President Bush is trying to break an election-season deadlock with congressional Republicans over bills that would give the White House broad authority to monitor, interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.
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Lawmakers say the deal may pose a threat to national security.
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The US president and rebel senators reach a deal on a controversial bill on interrogating terror suspects.
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U.S. lawmakers squared off on Tuesday over President George W. Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, with Democrats declaring Americans had lost faith in the war and Republicans warning against undermining the U.S. struggle with terrorism.
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President Bush pressured the House on Thursday to finish a bill giving the government more leeway to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists
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Osama bin Laden&#39;s sudden reappearance on videotape sent President Bush and Democrat John Kerry into a sharp final round of argument over which one can defeat terrorism and
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Democrats are sitting out an explosive debate on how to treat the nation's most dangerous terrorism suspects, bypassing a chance to challenge President Bush on a proposal that has infuriated international law experts and human rights groups.
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Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell came out in opposition today to White House-sponsored legislation to create special military commissions that would try terrorist suspects, saying he rejects efforts to "redefine" a key provision of the Geneva Conventions.
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The bill, which would establish the post of national intelligence director, has powerful critics in both parties.
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President Bush said today the race boils down to who can keep American homes safer from terrorists and contended his opponent was not up to the task during wartime.
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After playing a key role in derailing a bill to reform the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies, Rep. Duncan Hunter was feeling pressure yesterday to drop his objections - but he doesn&#39;t appear to be budging.