Law chief, Democrats face clash on waterboarding
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The top U.S. law enforcement official faces a clash on Wednesday with Senate Democrats after he rejected demands to rule on the legality of an interrogation technique known as waterboarding
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A Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he might consider opposing Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general if the former judge says waterboarding is not torture.
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The refusal of attorney general-nominee Michael Mukasey to directly disavow waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques frustrated Senate Democrats Thursday.
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A Democratic congresswoman cited the case of an Iraqi Associated Press photographer imprisoned by the U.S. military during debate Wednesday on a new prisoner treatment bill that she considers too harsh.
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Defining limits on 'alternative' interrogation methods is major concern of key US lawmakers.
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Keeping momentum on ethics reforms is proving tough for House Democratic leaders, who are struggling to sell  lawmakers on a proposal for overhauling House ethics enforcement, which is part of the party's pledge to improve accountability in Congress.
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A Senate Democratic leader Tuesday urged a Bush-appointed judge to recuse himself from cases involving enemy combatants and requested an explanation about information that might contradict his testimony about the White House's detainee policy.
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In a stinging legal challenge to the administrationâs detention policies, a ruling requires virtually all information to be shared with defense lawyers.
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Democratic lawmakers set up a possible court showdown with President George W. Bush on Wednesday by summoning two of his former aides to testify about the controversial firing of federal prosecutors last year.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey told lawmakers Thursday he will not open a criminal investigation into the CIA's acknowledged use of "waterboarding" on terror suspects.
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The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.
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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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Republicans and Democrats on  Wednesday clashed over whether Porter Goss was the right man to  lead the CIA through intelligence reform as President Bush's  nominee moved toward winning Senate confirmation.
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Two Democrats on Thursday challenged the White House's claims that sections of proposed congressional testimony on global warming were removed because they conflicted with findings from a U.N. panel.
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Key senators say Congress has outlawed one of the most notorious detainee interrogation techniques -- "waterboarding," in which a prisoner feels near drowning. But the White House will not go that far, saying it would be wrong to tell terrorists which practices they might face.
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U.S. Attorney General nominee  Alberto Gonzales came under blistering criticism from Democrats  on Thursday at a Senate confirmation hearing focused largely on  his role in formulating administration policies blamed for  contributing to the torture of terror suspects.
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WASHINGTON -- A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed.