President Bush signs an executive order laying out rules for interrogation of terrorism suspects. But the long-awaited order is not as specific — or transparent — as many had hoped. This is WEEKEND ...

Top officials debated how they could present to an investigation techniques they knew were deeply controversial ...

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Members of a Defense Department investigative task force were told not to participate in aggressive interrogation techniques approved for use at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in ...

A slim majority of Americans believe the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by the Bush administration were justified but still favor investigation into possible abuses, a new Gallup poll finds.

(GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba) — The psychologist credited with devising the C.I.A.’s program of “enhanced interrogation” during the war on terror defended his record ...

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The victim's family alleged that DOC staff was aware of his mental illness and physical condition. Credit: Illustration/ rawpixel public domain In 1989, at age 43, Richard LaPointe was wrongfully ...

A House committee in Olympia has postponed a vote on a bill that featured testimony from one of the world’s most prominent wrongly convicted individuals, Amanda Knox. House Bill 1062 seeks to remove ...

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And so the bickering begins. Any hope that Congress could have a truly nonpartisan discussion about the CIA’s interrogation techniques were dashed just minutes into the first formal hearing since the ...