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Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:41 PM PST 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 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 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 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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