WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Bush administration lawyers should be disbarred for crafting the rationale for interrogation techniques many view as torture, two liberal groups said Monday.

WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Karl Rove, ex-President George W. Bush's top political aide, was questioned Friday about the firings of U.S. prosecutors in 2006 in an alleged political purge.

WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- The CIA destroyed 92 videotapes showing interrogation of terror suspects using water-boarding and other "enhanced techniques" that critics say amount to torture -- a far greater number than previously known -- according to court documents.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. Justice Department report criticizes top Bush administration lawyers who approved the use of waterboarding on detainees, Newsweek reported Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The judge in former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption case says now he does not need answers about the handling of an FBI whistle-blower's complaint.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has appealed a judge's order for answers about how an FBI agent's whistleblower complaint was handled.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The judge in the corruption case of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has demanded answers from the U.S. Justice Department about a whistle-blower complaint.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General-designate Eric Holder is facing growing opposition from Republicans as his confirmation hearings approach, observers say.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ten major drug defendants were extradited from Mexico to the United States Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.