CIA interrogators strictly obey torture laws when trying to obtain information from prisoners, according to CIA Director Porter Goss . In an interview published Monday, Goss told USA Today that the CIA employs "lawful capabilities to collect vital information and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are [...]

Senior US Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) , said Sunday that views expressed by US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on reapportionment in a 1985 document could have repercussions for his nomination and lead to a filibuster. This is in contrast to Biden's remarks of a few weeks ago when he said [...]

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein said Sunday they are willing to attend the next trial hearing sxheduled for November 28 if proper protection is provided for the entire defense team. Khalil Dulaimi, head of the defense, stated "e are prepared to attend the trial if our demands to secure proper protection are me… We are ready [...]

US senators and the White House are discussing a possible ban on torture of suspected terrorists in US custody, but are struggling to find a consensus, according to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking Sunday on ABC's This Week. The Senate's plan under the so-called McCain Amendment would restrict techniques used to interrogate detainees [...]

By a two-vote margin, the US House of Representatives Friday passed a spending bill that would alter the General Mining Law of 1872 by allowing individuals or companies to file and expand mining claims on federal public land, including areas stripped of minerals with no potential for profit. The spending bill will primarily benefit real [...]

Nearly 400 Iraqi protesters marched in western Baghdad Sunday demanding an end to detainee torture and the release of detainees while calling on the international community to pressure the US and Iraq to prevent further abuse. The mostly-Sunni protest came as Iraqi officials met in Egypt for a reconciliation conference organized by the Arab League [...]

On a state visit to China during a six-day Asia tour , President Bush Sunday pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao to expand religious, political and social freedoms in the country and later suggested to reporters that if more religious rights were granted other liberties would follow. The President’s remarks during his third official trip to [...]

More than 200 people were arrested and one person was killed Sunday in clashes between government supporters and supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood during the second round of Egypt's parliamentary elections. The Brotherhood has been outlawed for more than 50 years but did very well in the first round of voting earlier this month, [...]

Iran's parliament voted Sunday to require the government to block International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from its nuclear facilities if Iran is referred to the UN Security Council for regulatory violations. This is the second time Iranian deputies have attempted to force the government into a position concerning the nuclear inspectors; in September, parliamentarians [...]

Former Romanian defense minister Ioan Mihai Pascu has acknowledged that US planes carrying detainees may have refueled in the country, but has denied the existence of a secret CIA-run prison there.  His comments, published Saturday in Evenimentul Zileli are the first by a senior Romanian official with access to military information that appear to confirm press [...]