Michael Hayden

Is Terrorism Disappearing?

Bernard I. Finel | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Bernard I. Finel

Some say we are making great progress in the "war on terror" -- there has been some decline in the number of casualties and there is increasing debate within jihadist circles over the legitimacy of attacks.

We'd Banner a Warning this Mother's Day

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

If the response of some 15,000 of St. Paul's mainstream motorists this Mother's Day was any indication, there is a way around the power of the special interests and corporate media.

Jason Linkins

General Hayden Revises History In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics


We gave this particular moment some special attention on our Sunday Morning Liveblog today, but it deserves some special attention and scrutiny. We'r...

Disclosure by Drip, Drip, Drip

William Fisher | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

Is it possible that the American people -- and the world -- are finally about to learn how George W. Bush decided that waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" were "legal"?

CIA Boss: Waterboarding May Be Illegal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Debate over waterboarding flared Thursday on Capitol Hill, with the CIA director raising doubts about whether it's currently legal ...

Waterboarding: Two Questions for Michael Hayden about Three "High-Value" Detainees Now in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics


Andy Worthington

In light of the comments made by CIA sources in 2005, I can only wonder how it's feasible for Michael Hayden to assert that waterboarding was restricted to three "high-value" detainees.

September 11th Advocates Comment on the Impending Release of Philip Shenon's Book

Coleen Rowley | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

Let me share this recent comment forwarded to me by Monica Gabrielle of the September 11th Advocates

Mukasey Launches Criminal Probe Over Destroyed CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics


The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey ap...

The Torture Tape Cover-Up: How High Does It Go?

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics


Marjorie Cohn

This destruction of evidence may violate several laws. And it remains to be seen how high up the chain of command the criminality goes.

"American Taliban" Whistleblower Joins Furor Over CIA Tapes

William Fisher | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics


William Fisher

The destruction of the CIA tapes has raised questions about whether CIA officials withheld information from Congress, the courts and the Sept. 11 commission about aspects of the program.

White House Gets NYT To Change Story's Subhead

AFP | Olivier Knox | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


The White House, under mounting pressure in the CIA's destruction of terrorism suspect interrogation videotapes, made an unusually aggressive push Wed...

White House Gets Paper To Change Story Subhead

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


The White House argues that the newspaper article implies that "there is an effort to mislead in this matter," adding that such a conclusion is "perni...

White House Demands New York Times Correct Its CIA Story

AFP | Posted 12.19.2007 | Media


The White House on Wednesday made a rare public demand for a formal correction from the New York Times for implying that it had misled the US public o...

Top Lawmakers Say Investigation Into Destroyed CIA Interrogation Tapes Will Proceed Despite Justice Department Objections

Reuters | Randall Mikkelsen | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics


Congress members vowed on Sunday to investigate the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes despite Justice Department advice that the agency no...

Sam Stein

Military Leaders: Ignore Bush Veto Threat, Ban Waterboarding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Thirty retired admirals and generals have penned a letter to key Democrats, urging them to defy President Bush's veto threats and pass legislation req...

Watered Down Liberty

Bob Franken | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Bob Franken

Isn't this a country whose fundamental traditions are openness and government accountability...as opposed to expedience?

Bush Administration Was Court Ordered Not To Destroy Torture Evidence

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that re...

Senate Panel Says Gaps Remain After CIA Tapes Testimony

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


CIA Director Michael Hayden, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors Tuesday, failed to answer central questions about...

CIA Director To Testify About Destroyed Videotapes

Associated Press | Pamela Hess | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden faces two days of testimony behind closed doors at the Senate and House intelligence committees to answer questions a...

White House Goes Silent On Destroyed CIA Tapes

CBS News | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


As Congress seeks answers about why the CIA destroyed tapes of terror suspects under interrogation, White House lawyers have advised President Bush's ...

Don't Start Without Me

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

The egregious redactions and erasures made by Bush are not only in violation of the Presidential Records Act, they are an effront to Congress, the Constitution, and international law.

Biden Calls For Special Counsel Investigation Into Destroyed CIA Tapes

UPI | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said Sunday a special counsel should be named to investigate the destruction of videotapes of CIA terror suspect interrog...

Michael Hayden is a Terrible Liar

August J. Pollak | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


August J. Pollak

Since everyone knows the head of the CIA can't possibly be lying, the only other possibility is a woeful state of government video-editing technology....

Leading Democrats Call For Inquiry Into Destruction Of CIA Rendition Tapes

AP | Pamela Hess | Posted 12.07.2007 | Home


The Senate's No. 2 Democrat on Friday asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the CIA obstructed justice by destroying videotapes that doc...

CIA Chief Defends Extraordinary Rendition

BBC News | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics


The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael Hayden, has defended the methods it uses to interrogate terror suspects. Gen Hayd...


 

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