WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- Nine secret legal memos that show President George W. Bush's broad interpretation of presidential power were released by the Obama administration.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- Waterboarding is torture and the United States will not "rationalize it, and will not condone it," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Aggressive CIA interrogation tactics, including waterboarding, were endorsed by the Bush administration in secret U.S. memos, newly released documents indicate.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said it agreed to give congressional members limited access to secret memos authorizing CIA interrogation strategies.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The nominee for U.S. attorney general told a Senate committee Wednesday he cannot make a decision on so-called torture memos until he has read them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The White House says President Bush stands firmly behind U.S. Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales as he heads into Senate confirmation hearings.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A group of lawyers called Wednesday for a new inquiry into the Bush administration memos arguing torturing terror suspects was not unlawful.
WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday he goes along with the Bush administration's policy against torture but added others may view it differently.
WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Amnesty International called Tuesday for a special counsel to investigate whether U.S. officials are guilty of war crimes for the treatment of prisoners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The leak of memos detailing Democratic strategy for fighting Bush judicial nominees has prompted a Pittsburgh newspaper to call for an investigation.