U.S. spy chief: waterboarding would be torture to him
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U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell said in a magazine interview that waterboarding would be torture if it was used against him personally, but stopped short of condemning the controversial interrogation technique.
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The U.N. torture investigator charged on   Friday that a new U.S. law for tough interrogation of terrorism   suspects would deprive people of the right to a fair trial   before independent courts and could lead to mistreatment.
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In late 2005, the retiring CIA station chief in Bangkok sent a classified cable to his superiors in Langley asking if he could destroy videotapes recorded at a secret CIA prison in Thailand that in part portrayed intelligence officers using simulated drowning to extract information from suspected...
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President Bush's nominee for homeland security secretary advised the C.I.A. on the legality of coercive interrogation methods.
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The CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate whether former operative John Kiriakou illegally disclosed classified information when he talked about the waterboarding of a terrorism suspect, government officials say.
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A Kuwaiti heading a group lobbying for the release of his countrymen being held as suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, urged their U.S. captors on Sunday not to torture prisoners.
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President BushÂs national security adviser is negotiating with the senators who oppose permitting extreme interrogation techniques.
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A confidential report states that the U.S. military has used psychological and sometimes physical coercion "tantamount to torture" on prisoners.
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The United States used waterboarding in terrorism interrogations but no longer does, a former U.S. spy chief said in the Bush administration's clearest confirmation of the technique's use.
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The United Nations' top human rights official said Friday that waterboarding Â a tactic used by the U.S. in its battle against terror Â qualifies as torture.
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The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said Wednesday.
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Ex-US homeland security chief Tom Ridge says the use of torture is acceptable in extreme circumstances.
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The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said. "It appears he hadn't gotten authority from anyone," said Rep.
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The outgoing US homeland security chief says the use of torture is acceptable in extreme circumstances.
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The CIA used a widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three suspects captured after the September 11 attacks, CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress on Tuesday.
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A debate in the U.S. Congress over eavesdropping on terrorism suspects will cost American lives by exposing intelligence techniques, the Bush administration's spy chief said on Thursday.
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Alberto Gonzales, nominee for attorney general, may face vigorous interrogation during confirmation hearings about his role in the treatment of detainees.