White House offers revised CIA interrogation plan
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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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A White House meeting on the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay is no longer on the schedule for Friday, an official said after news reports that the Bush administration was nearing agreement on closing the controversial facility.
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The White House says it expects a full investigation of prisoner abuses in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after new FBI memos described detainees facing beatings and having lit cigarettes placed in their ears.
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My god this is disturbing :  "WASHINGTON  - The Bush administration is preparing plans for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts, The Washington Post reported Sunday."  "Citing intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials, the newspaper said the Pentagon (news - web sites) and the CIA (news - web sites) had asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for those it would not set free or turn over to courts at home or abroad."  ... so all you have to do is be a "suspected" terrorist now and you can spend the rest of your life in prison.
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The White House and dissident Senate Republicans reached a tentative accord yesterday on legislation that President Bush said would provide for continued tough interrogations of terrorism suspects by the CIA at secret detention sites.
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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 White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.
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The White House unveiled plans Wednesday to give a new national intelligence director strong budgetary authority over much of the nation's intelligence community, a key provision in the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations.
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The White House held out hope Tuesday that a compromise could be reached on legislation to overhaul US intelligence, as Defense Secretary
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The U.S. Justice Department released  a new memo on Friday to replace a controversial document  outlining how to avoid violating U.S. and international terror  statutes while interrogating prisoners.
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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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President George W. Bush plans to   unveil proposed legislation on Wednesday to set a structure for   conducting trials of foreign terrorism suspects held at   Guantanamo Bay, White House officials said.
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Congress on Wednesday moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects
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The White House held out hope that a compromise could be reached on legislation to overhaul American intelligence.
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President Bush submitted a plan to Congress yesterday that gives a new national intelligence director authority over much of the intelligence community, but not the full powers sought by the Sept.
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WASHINGTON - The White House has drafted executive orders aimed at implementing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations for a more powerful intelligence director and a new national counterterrorism center...
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The White House expressed concern Sunday about recent indications of a heightened terrorist threat and said it points to a greater need to promote the benefits of democracy.