2009年3月2日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:41 PM PST

Justice Department memos from 2001 are seen in Washington Monday, March 2, 2009. The Justice Department on Monday released a long-secret legal document from 2001 in which the Bush administration claimed the military could search and seize terror suspects in the United States without warrants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects.


Bush-era memos saw rights limits in U.S. terror war (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:52 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military could have kicked in doors to raid a suspected terrorist cell in the United States without a warrant under a Bush-era legal memo the Justice Department made public on Monday.

Bush-era memo claims unfettered rendition powers (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:15 PM PST

This undated photo, released by the US Department of Defense, shows an aerial view of The Pentagon. Pentagon documents released by rights groups Thursday detailed the agency's involvement in AP - A newly released Bush administration legal memo from 2002 claimed that the president has an unfettered right to transfer suspected terrorists to other governments without regard for whether they would be subject to torture.


Bush-era memo saw wide powers in U.S. terrorism war (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:19 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military could have kicked in doors to raid a suspected terrorist cell in the United States without a warrant under a Bush-era legal memo the Justice Department made public on Monday.

CIA destroyed nearly 100 interrogation videotapes (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:26 PM PST

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in 2008. The CIA has destroyed 92 controversial interrogation videos, a US attorney said in a letter Monday obtained by AFP.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - The CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other U.S. treatment of terror suspects, far more than previously acknowledged, the Obama administration said Monday as it began disclosing details of post-Sept. 11 Bush-era actions.


Afghan immigrant pleads not guilty to perjury (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:56 PM PST

AP - The brother-in-law of an Osama bin Laden bodyguard pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he lied in denying ties to terrorist groups on his U.S. citizenship and passport applications.

U.S. government vows not to use "waterboarding" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 10:37 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ruled out the use of "waterboarding" as an interrogation technique for terrorism suspects on Monday, calling it a form of torture that the Obama administration could never condone.

US attorney general rules out waterboarding (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 08:57 AM PST

Human rights activists demonstrate waterboarding outside the Justice Department in 2007. US Attorney General Eric Holder has ruled out the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique for AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday ruled out the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique for "war on terror" suspects, saying it amounted to torture.


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