Topic: Jay Bybee

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

Mukasey disavows torture memo

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 ...
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