Can a New Detainee Proposal Win Over Congress?
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Facing growing resistance on Capitol Hill, the White House may give in a little on legislation governing the treatment of terror suspects
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The Bush administration and three prominent Republican senators opposing its detainee proposal gave signs of seeking compromise today.
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A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congress.
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Â· Internet industry asked to help curb illegal materialÂ· Terror bill proposes new powers against suspects
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ARGUMENTS: The Bush administration told the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials.
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President Bush's stalled anti-terrorism agenda edged forward Tuesday, with a rebellious House member rewriting her bill on wiretaps more to his liking and maverick Senate Republicans reopening talks over how to handle detainees.
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The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.
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Sweeping proposal by several in GOP would do away with CIA, strip some spy duties from Pentagon. US Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. said he will submit legislation that would do the following: The position would
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The GOP is once again divided over how the nation should treat its most dangerous terror suspects, setting up a showdown in Congress just weeks away from elections when all members will try to sell themselves as tough on terror.
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Draft legislation to create a new system of military courts for terrorism suspects would allow prosecutors to introduce at future trials confessions that were obtained through "cruel, unusual, or inhumane" interrogations by the CIA or the military before 2005, but not afterward.
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The US House of Representatives passed a controversial bill setting out the rules for the detention, treatment and military prosecution of &quot;war on terror&quot; suspects, virtually assuring it will become law.
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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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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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For some men trying to get out of Guantanamo, the biggest obstacle can be another detainee.
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The Supreme Court&#039;s rebuff of the Bush administration&#039;s Guantanamo military tribunals knocks the issue into the halls of Congress, where GOP leaders are already trying to figure out how to give the president the options he wants for dealing with suspected terror detainees.
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The plan, which would allow suspected terrorists to be detained for 42 days without charge, faces broad opposition.
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The closest thing Congress has to a peace movement &#151; 71 liberals who want to yank Iraq funding and bring troops home swiftly &#151; faces a dilemma: The lawmakers can back a Democratic plan they think is too weak, or they can block it and risk an embarrassing defeat for their cause.