White House Drops a Condition on Interrogation Bill
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The White House has dropped its insistence on redefining the obligations of the United States under the Geneva Conventions, members of Congress said.
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THE White House says it expects new documented accounts of torture at Guantanamo Bay to be &quot;fully investigated&quot;, but has denied claims George W. Bush personally approved the use of abusive methods against detainees at the US prison camp.
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to outlaw harsh interrogation methods, such as simulated drowning, that the CIA has used against suspected terrorists.
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The Senate vote on the detainee bill shows that party leaders believe the presidentÂs power to wield national security as a political issue is diminished.
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The House approved legislation yesterday that would bar the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, drawing an immediate veto threat from the White House and setting up another political showdown over what constitutes torture.
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The US Senate orders the White House to give up papers relating its surveillance of domestic terror suspects.
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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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The White House said Monday it was revising its proposal for dealing with terrorism suspects as indications grew that President Bush's plan was meeting increased resistance among Republicans in both chambers of Congress.
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A White House meeting on the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay is no longer on the schedule for Friday, an official said after news reports that the Bush administration was nearing agreement on closing the controversial facility.
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The U.S. government lost a bid on  Monday to block civil rights groups from obtaining CIA records  of its internal investigation into abuse of detainees held by  U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The White House held out hope that a compromise could be reached on legislation to overhaul American intelligence.
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The White House on Friday played down a government report which said the war in Iraq is providing an important training ground and recruitment center for Islamic terrorists.
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A measure that would end the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba was dropped on Wednesday by its chief House of Representatives sponsor, who said he could not get "meaningful debate" in an election year on legislation that has attracted bipartisan support for several years.
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The House on Thursday approved an intelligence bill that bans the CIA from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods
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Eight months after President Bush signed a bill authorizing the CIA to resume using  "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terrorism suspects, the administration has been unable to agree  on what constitutes "humiliating and degrading treatment" of detainees.
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A White House meeting planned for Friday about the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has been canceled after The Associated Press reported the Bush administration was "nearing a decision" to close the center.
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The White House bill in Congress would strip courts of jurisdiction on detainee confinement.