White House Defends Chertoff on Interrogations
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The White House on Tuesday defended  Michael Chertoff, the nominee to head the Homeland Security  department who has been criticized over his advice on  interrogation techniques, saying recent reports about his role  were wrong.
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THE White House says it expects new documented accounts of torture at Guantanamo Bay to be &quot;fully investigated&quot;, but has denied claims George W. Bush personally approved the use of abusive methods against detainees at the US prison camp.
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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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The Bush administration asserted in federal court yesterday that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and three former military officials cannot be held liable for the alleged torture of nine Afghans and Iraqis in U.S. military detention camps because the detainees have no standing to sue in U.S....
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The Bush Administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest tactics
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The US government on Friday defended Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s comments this week on Iranian missile projects, saying it has &quot;solid information to substantiate clandestine
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The Bush administration wants a federal court and congressional committees not to pursue investigations into the destruction of videotapes showing CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects.
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The Bush administration on Wednesday called "pernicious and troubling" a New York Times article on the White House's role in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
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The White House defended Vice President Cheney yesterday in a dispute over his office's refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified information as Democrats and other critics assailed him for disregarding rules that others follow.
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A former top White House official accused the Bush administration yesterday of trying to muzzle his criticism of its Iran policy and of falsely alleging  that his writings contained classified material to prevent them from being published.
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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 White House and three powerful GOP senators reached an impasse Wednesday over a Bush administration plan to allow tough CIA interrogations, underscoring election-season divisions among Republicans on the high profile issue of security.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act after the Sept.  11, 2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror Patriot Act after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected demands from congressional leaders to share information about the CIA's destruction of detainee interrogation tapes. In a response letter, he reminded people that, "At my confirmation hearing, I testified that I would...resist political pressure and ensure that politics plays no role in cases brought by the Department of Justice."
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A Senate committee voted to approve subpoenas to the White House and Justice Department for warrantless wiretapping records. The administration has refused to provide many records to Congress about the spy program, and the vote portends a high-stakes showdown.
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The White House defended Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday from criticism from Republican Sen. John McCain that he was one of the worst U.S. defense secretaries ever for his handling of the Iraq war.