White House Fought Curbs on Interrogations
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The Bush administration urged  Congress last year to drop a legislative proposal that would  have curbed the ability of U.S. intelligence to use extreme  interrogation tactics, the White House acknowledged on  Thursday.
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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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Congress ended its session trying to specify how to treat terror detainees - and opted to give Bush leeway in interrogations.
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Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearing this week may become more contentious because the White House has refused to provide copies of his memos on the questioning of terror suspects.
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The White House said Monday it was revising its proposal for dealing with terrorism suspects as indications grew that President Bush's plan was meeting increased resistance among Republicans in both chambers of Congress.
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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 House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees, moving President Bush to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of his anti-terror plan.
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At the urging of the White House,  congressional leaders scrapped a legislative measure last month  that would have imposed new restrictions on the use of extreme  interrogation measures by American intelligence officers, The  New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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The White House tried to distance President Bush from any political backlash from the page sex scandal Thursday, saying House Republicans were dealing with the matter and do not need to be told what to do.
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Seeking to quell an uprising over   its legislation on the treatment of foreign terrorism suspects,   the White House on Monday offered a revised plan to three   Republican senators who charge that its bill would subject   suspects to abusive interrogations and unfair trials.
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The House approved legislation yesterday that would bar the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, drawing an immediate veto threat from the White House and setting up another political showdown over what constitutes torture.
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The White House on Wednesday defended its response to disclosures about the CIA's destruction of videotapes that showed harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.
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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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The president faces an array of challenges on issues from warrantless wiretaps to military tribunals.
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President Bush today signed an executive order governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects by the CIA and barring torture, degrading treatment and serious acts of violence, the White House announced.
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Nov. 2, 2004 --With the presidential election coming down to the wire and several key states still up for grabs, the Bush administration last week indicated that it was open to the idea of restricting certain
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The White House and a group of   renegade Senate Republicans stepped up talks on Tuesday in a   bid to break the impasse over President George W. Bush's plan   to interrogate and try foreign terrorism suspects.