Dems wary of Bush choice for CIA counsel
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The CIA's top lawyer said Tuesday he did not object to a 2002 memo authorizing interrogation techniques that stop just short of causing a sensation of impending organ failure or even death.
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U.S. Attorney General nominee  Alberto Gonzales came under blistering criticism on Thursday  for his role in shaping administration policies blamed for  contributing to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats  said had put Americans at greater risk.
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A Democratic senator warned CIA director Porter Goss yesterday that his efforts to make major changes could have &#39;&#39;a significant and negative effect on the agency.
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Congressional Democrats were   skeptical on Friday of a deal negotiated by three hold-out   Republican senators to rein in President George W. Bush's   program to interrogate and try terrorism suspects.
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President Bush warned on Friday that a CIA interrogation program for terror suspects is in jeopardy unless Congress approves his proposals seeking to reinterpret America's application of the Geneva Conventions.
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A Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee is cautioning Republicans against blocking a vote Monday on a resolution opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq
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Democratic congressman investigating 'Scooter' Libby affair voices suspicion over Bush decision to commute prison sentence.
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From President Bush to Democrats in Congress, reaction was tepid Monday to a GOP proposal to break up the CIA and remove other intelligence agencies from the Pentagon.
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Dismal approval ratings for the Democratic-led Congress &#151; even worse than President Bush's &#151; don't seem to be a threat to the party in next year's elections.
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President BushÂs national security adviser is negotiating with the senators who oppose permitting extreme interrogation techniques.
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The Republican-led Senate was poised to approve President Bush's choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who say he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.
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Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey refused to say Thursday whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, frustrating Democrats and potentially slowing his confirmation to head the Justice Department
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CAPITOL HILL Some Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee say they&#39;re still not sold yet on the White House&#39;s pick to run the CIA.
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A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe should be front and...
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Members of the Senate intelligence committee have requested the withdrawal of the Bush administration's choice for CIA general counsel, acknowledging that John Rizzo's nomination has stalled because of concerns about his views on the treatment of terrorism suspects.
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President Bush, who opposed creation  of the Sept. 11 commission, may have to confront his own party  in Congress if he wants the panel's main intelligence reform  recommendation enacted this year, analysts and officials say.
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Many lawmakers are uneasy about creating a powerful intelligence director.