Topic: Central Intelligence Agency

Playing the God Card

The author discusses how the religious affiliation of 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney will affect his campaign. He compares a speech given by Romney about his Mormonism to a speech by former U.S. president John F. Kennedy and suggests that Romney's ...

Editorial Roundup

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: It wasn't their intention, but seven former CIA directors who asked President Obama to abort a Justice Department inquiry into "enhanced interrogation techniques" have moved Obama to renew his promise ...
Obama won't tell Justice Dept. to end interrogation probe of Bush administration practicesPresident Barack Obama says he has no plans to ask the Justice Department to end its criminal investigation into the harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the Bush administration.Seven former ...
Appeals court temporarily halts CIA secrets case after judge chides agencyA federal appeals court has put a lawsuit against the CIA on hold temporarily, disagreeing with a lower court judge who claimed the agency was hiding behind dubious national security arguments to ...

White House battles Cheney on security

The White House fought back fiercely Monday against former vice president Dick Cheney's charges that President Barack Obama has hurt US national security, as a feud over CIA interrogations deepened.US national security adviser Jim Jones, a gruff retired US Marine Corps general, ...
President Barack Obma's decision to approve an investigation of CIA officials who interrogated terror suspects in the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 has set a dangerous precedent.. In a wide-ranging interview with FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace yesterday, former ...
Cheney points to politics as reason Justice Department is looking at CIA interrogationsFormer Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks. President Barack Obama ...
Justice Department beset once again by charges of playing politics, this time under DemocratsBesieged during the Bush administration for bending to the White House's will, the Justice Department is again accused of playing politics with cases this time in investigating whether CIA ...

A totally wrong outlook

Never mind what CIA interrogators did to terrorism suspects, Cheney says Former Vice President Dick Cheney is blistering Attorney General Eric Holder for appointing a special prosecutor to investigate allegations that the CIA tortured suspected terrorists.Cheney said Tuesday that Holders decision raises ...

Cheney slams 'political' CIA torture probe

Former US vice president Dick Cheney Friday slammed a Justice Department probe into alleged abusive interrogation techniques by CIA agents as an " outrageous political act. "In an interview with Fox News Sunday to be aired at the weekend, Cheney said the ...