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Should Former Bush Administration Officials Be Prosecuted For Harsh Interrogation Methods? ABC

2010-11-03T00:19:37Z

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Congressman: Questions on CIA interrogations

2010-07-15T09:00:11Z

Congressman: Interview shows some reported CIA interrogation techniques not authorized by DOJ

The House Judiciary Committee chairman says an interview with a former Justice Department official shows the department did not authorize some of the harsh interrogation techniques rep...

Accountability for Torture

2010-11-02T15:18:55Z

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Senator: Find missing e-mails on interrogation

2010-04-16T06:56:55Z

Senate chairman demands search for e-mails of lawyers who worked on Bush interrogation policy

A Senate committee chairman told the Justice Department on Friday to hunt for the missing e-mails of an attorney who provided legal justification for the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terror suspects.

Judiciary Chai...

Bush lawyers criticized on interrogation advice

2010-04-16T07:02:12Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects used poor judgment but will not face punishment, according to a U.S. Justice Department report released on Friday.

The department's Report: Ethics document will say Bush lawyers showed poor judgment but no misconduct

Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed poor judgment but won't face sanctions for professional misconduct, according to a published report.

A forthcoming government ethics report initially concluded the two key authors of the so-called torture memos, UNLV fellow, Bush memo author seeks to meet Titus

WASHINGTON — As criticism of federal appellate court Judge Jay Bybee mounts for authorizing harsh interrogation techniques as a Bush administration lawyer, the Nevada jurist has reached out to members of the state’s congressional d...

Under Fire for Memos, Bybee Reaches Out

2010-10-23T23:38:42Z

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Bush attorneys who wrote terror memo face backlash

2010-04-16T12:28:15Z

Bush administration attorneys who wrote terror memos face calls for dismissal, prosecution

Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture. John Yoo, a constitutional law professor at the Univer...

Source: No charges seen over interrogation memos

2010-04-16T12:29:59Z

Source: Draft Justice report says no charges should be filed in terrorist interrogation memos

Justice Department investigators say Bush administration lawyers who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects should not face criminal charges, according to a draft report that also recommends two of the three attorneys face possible professional sanctions.

The Obama administration decided las...

3 lawyers face scrutiny for torture advice

2010-04-16T14:37:58Z

Further legal action possible against 3 elite ex-Justice lawyers over torture memos

Three Bush administration lawyers who worked in an elite Justice Department unit face further scrutiny over their advice on how to conduct tough interrogations of terror suspects, but criminal prosecution remains only an outside possibility.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Mukasey Says Justice Memo Giving President Authority to Allow Torture Was 'Mistake'

Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey said Wednesday the president doesn't have the authority to use torture techniques against terrorism suspects, a stance not taken by predecessor Alberto Gonzales and considered key to the nominee's confirmation.

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CIA Interrogations Conyers

2010-07-15T12:45:35Z

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Interrogation Memos

2010-06-25T20:37:08Z

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies before a congressional committee in Washington. Former Justice Department lawyers Jay Bybee and John Yoo showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA...

Torture Memos

2010-03-28T03:29:29Z

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies before a congressional committee in Washington. A forthcoming government ethics report initially concluded the two key authors of the so-called torture memos, Bybee and John Yoo, who were officials in the