Gentler interrogation is working, US says
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BAGHDAD -- The US military is reaping more high-quality intelligence tips from Iraqi prisoners than ever, since it jettisoned several coercive interrogation techniques after the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal in May, the American general in charge of Iraqi prisons said yesterday.
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President Bush today signed an executive order governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects by the CIA and barring torture, degrading treatment and serious acts of violence, the White House announced.
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A fter a prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, the International Committee of the Red Cross has reportedly found that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are subjected to interrogation methods that are &quot;tantamount to torture.
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A new report shows that controversial interrogation techniques were drawn from enemy tactics during the Cold War
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INTERROGATION ORDERS: President Bush signed an executive order Friday prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment in question terror suspects.
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Efforts to investigate and punish those responsible for mistreatment of detainees in Iraq are hampering current military intelligence-gathering operations, prompting extra caution by interrogators
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The United States wants to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay but needs assurances that detainees won&#039;t pose a security risk or face torture when they&#039;re sent to other countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said Monday.
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The United States has made progress in the last five years in trying to shut down avenues for terrorists to raise and move money but challenges remain, Bush administration officials told Congress Tuesday.
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The CIA's current techniques for interrogating terrorism suspects are legal and do not include a widely condemned method known as waterboarding, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Congress on Tuesday.
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The United Nations human rights chief  said Friday a U.S. decision to let Guantanamo detainees appeal  against their imprisonment was a big improvement, but warned  Washington there was still more it could do.
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More Aggressive U.S. military operations over the past two months have generated a surge in detainees.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning, and forcing a dozen to strip from the waist down, according to a secret report. One squad was all female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners.
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New accounts suggest that extremely aggressive interrogation techniques were more widespread at Guantanamo Bay than has previously been acknowledged by military officials.
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Some of the aggressive tactics used by American military interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison now appear to have had their origins in shadowy corners of the campaign against terrorism, following interrogation techniques developed by Special Operations
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Americans are using the ultimate punishment less and less. But that doesn't mean it's on the way out.
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The attorney general said Tuesday that the harsh C.I.A. interrogation technique known as waterboarding was not clearly illegal, and suggested that it could be used against terrorism suspects again.