Gonzalas Speaks Against Torture During Hearing
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Alberto R. Gonzales's assurances on prisoner treatment and international treaties did little to placate Democrats.
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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales drew fire at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday where lawmakers challenged his truthfulness and ability to lead his scandal-rocked Justice Department.
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The military jailers for Jose Padilla, a designated enemy combatant,were forced to speak publicly about the conditions of his secretive detainment.
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Some Democratic senators suggested for the first time that they might oppose Michael B. Mukasey if he does not make clear that he opposes harsh interrogation techniques.
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Alberto Gonzales, the White House nominee for attorney general, is likely to face a grilling at a Senate hearing.
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Each day, detainees in GuantÃ¡namo Bay, Cuba, argue before anonymous military officers that they should not be there. The hearings have come under heavy criticism.
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The US attorney general, Michael Mukasey, today refused to say whether waterboarding was torture - the second time he has stonewalled on the issue in the face of questions from Democratic senators.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - An elderly man has   disappeared after testifying that he was tortured by a former   police commissioner during the country's military dictatorship,   and concerns are growing for his safety.
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The U.S. military held its first hearing  at the Guantanamo naval base on Tuesday to assess whether a  prisoner it has affirmed as an "enemy combatant" should be  allowed to go home, a Pentagon spokesman said.
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State Sen. Curt Thompson has been a strong advocate of immigration rights, once speaking in Spanish from the steps of the Georgia Capitol against the adoption of some of the nation's strictest immigration controls.
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Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey refused to say Thursday whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, frustrating Democrats and potentially slowing his confirmation to head the Justice Department.
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U.S. military panels reviewed the legal status of two prisoners Saturday, though one man refused to attend his hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Spanish prosecutors played a tape recording Wednesday of a former Argentine naval officer describing scenes of torture during the so-called "dirty war" waged against dissidents by his country's former military ...
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Florida Rep. Porter Goss, the nominee to head the CIA, faced some tough questions, but an overall easy time in Senate oversight hearings Tuesday.
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Spanish judges heard gruesome testimony Thursday about atrocities by the former military regime during Argentina's "dirty war," including theft of babies and clandestine cremation of detainees' bodies.
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U.S. Attorney General nominee  Alberto Gonzales came under blistering criticism from Democrats  on Thursday at a Senate confirmation hearing focused largely on  his role in formulating administration policies blamed for  contributing to the torture of terror suspects.
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Alberto Gonzales, the White House  counsel criticized for calling parts of the Geneva Conventions  on prisoner treatment "obsolete," will promise to abide by  anti-torture treaties if he is confirmed as attorney general,  according to a statement obtained on Wednesday.