White House pressure on CIA under scrutiny
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ELEANOR HALL: To the United States now, where the nation&#39;s top spy agency has hit the headlines again this week, with accusations the agency is being leant on by the White House.
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A US Senate Committee slapped subpoenas on the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney&#39;s office over a warrantless wiretap program Wednesday, spiking tensions in a constitutional showdown.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of CIA detainees, on Friday ordered that agency interrogators comply with the Geneva Conventions against torture.
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An internal debate described by senior officials is the first indication that political pressure is forcing the Bush administration to consider what happens after the current troop increase.
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President Bush and top aides are  stepping up pressure on congressional negotiators to reach  agreement this week on post-Sept. 11 reforms of U.S. spy  agencies, officials said on Wednesday.
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The White House possibly broke the law by keeping intelligence activities a secret from the lawmakers responsible for overseeing them, the House Intelligence Committee chairman said Sunday.
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With temporary spy law expansion set to expire Feb. 1, the Bush administration is ratcheting up pressure for a broader permanent replacement. Not so fast, say Democratic leaders.
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President Bush has ordered up new measures to bolster the CIA in combating weapons of mass destruction and other threats, directing an agency that lawmakers have accused of engaging in "group think" to present "diverse views" to policy-makers.
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A closed-door hearing beginning Wednesday will deal with a crucial issue in the trial of a former White House aide: whether President Bush's daily terrorism briefings and other sensitive documents should be disclosed in the CIA leak case.
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The Bush administration on Wednesday labeled as "pernicious and troubling" a New York Times report that the White House was more deeply involved than previously thought in discussions over whether to destroy CIA videotapes depicting the harsh interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives.
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The CIA comes under renewed pressure over why it erased tapes showing interrogations of terror suspects.
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An official said there was a debate within the Bush administration over whether to press for an international investigation.
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WASHINGTON -- The White House expressed concern yesterday about recent indications of a heightened terrorist threat and said such signals point to a greater need to promote the benefits of democracy.
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The 2-1/2 year sentence imposed on former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby today puts new pressure on President Bush, who may soon confront the choice of triggering a fresh political storm by pardoning a convicted perjurer or letting one of the early architects of his administration head...
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The wiretapping deal is just the latest sign of how the White House is losing ground in the fight over wartime powers
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Democrats and the White House tussle over a new GAO assessment.
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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.