White House Deals With Detainee Legalities
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The Bush administration is taking the narrowest possible view of legal rights the Supreme Court gave to terrorism detainees while trying to fend off any new court challenges. Ultimately the high court probably will weigh in again, lawyers said.
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The Bush administration said it will vigorously defend its power to try al Qaeda suspects in specially designed war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a federal court&#39;s decision to halt them.
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The President's news conference was a vivid display of the verbal scrim the White House is using to cover its agenda in the legislative battle over the treatment of detainees
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U.S. President George W. Bush has issued new rules to ensure that the CIA detention and interrogation program is in full compliance with the Geneva Conventions' ban on torture, the U.S. spy agency said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 21  - New claims that prisoners held at a US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were abused while in custody need to be investigated, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush went to the   U.S. Capitol on Thursday to prod fellow Republicans to back his   plans to track and try terrorism suspects, but some pushed   ahead with a competing measure the White House opposes.
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President Bush is set to offer legislation Wednesday to change the law to allow military tribunals to try detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
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Jose Padillaâs detention became the centerpiece of a debate over the Bush administrationâs prosecution of terrorism.
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President George W. Bush on Wednesday issued an executive order that will allow cases against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to move forward and be considered by military tribunals, the White House said.
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Suspected terrorists challenging their detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to limited classified government material while the Bush administration seeks to stop their lawsuits in federal appeals court, a judge said Thursday.
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The White House bill in Congress would strip courts of jurisdiction on detainee confinement.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a   bill setting rules for interrogations and prosecutions of   foreign terrorism suspects, sending it to President George W.   Bush to sign into law.
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President George W. Bush temporarily  handed his powers to Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday  morning while he was sedated for a routine colon cancer test at  the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., the White House  said.
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The CIA interrogation program should now be back in business and terrorist trials can begin right away, according to proponents of new legislation passed by Congress. The legislation is a victory for President Bush, whose detention and interrogation program was deemed illegal by the Supreme Court in June. Bush turned to Congress and was able to push through legislation that would revive his anti-terror efforts.
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The Administration falls in line with the Supreme Court on treatment of detainees. But questions remain about how and when the new standards will be applied
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President Bush will announce that   about a dozen key foreign terrorism suspects held at secret CIA   prisons will be transferred to Department of Defense custody   and granted protection under the Geneva Conventions, ABC News   reported on Wednesday.