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Malcolm Nance : "In my testimony last week to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Torture, I attempted to clarify exactly what is involved in waterboarding. Simply put, waterboarding, when used in any capacity in a coercive...

The US Army has issued a statement to top personnel reiterating the Army's ban on waterboarding as an interrogation technique, AP reported Tuesday. The Army officially banned the use of waterboarding in September 2006...

Former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey was sworn in Friday as the 81st attorney general of the United States after a confirmation process fraught with controversy. The US Senate voted 53-40 late...

US President George W. Bush has welcomed the Thursday Senate confirmation of former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the 81st attorney general of the United States. In a brief statement,...

The US Senate voted 53-40 late Thursday evening to confirm former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the 81st attorney general of the United States. The nomination was backed by the Senate...

Malcolm W. Nance, a former Navy interrogation instructor and counterterrorism intelligence specialist, said Thursday that the practice of waterboarding "is torture and should be banned," during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on the Constitution,...

Wire services are reporting that the US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-8 Tuesday in favor of the nomination of former federal judge Michael Mukasey to serve as the next US attorney general. Mukasey's nomination...

JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University says despite US attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey's success in winning approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full Senate should take all the time it needs...

US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Sunday that he will support the nomination of former federal judge Michael Mukasey as US attorney general. Mukasey's nomination has come under fire over...

US President George W. Bush praised attorney general nominee Micheal Mukasey in his weekly radio address on Saturday, predicting that the former federal judge would be confirmed by the Senate on...