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Obama opens door to prosecutions on interrogations (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:05 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama opened the door on Tuesday to possible prosecutions of U.S. officials who laid the legal groundwork for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.

Judge in LA orders green card cases reopened (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:02 PM PDT AP - A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to reopen the cases of 22 people denied green cards because their American spouses died during the application process.

Obama open to torture memos probe, prosecution (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:00 PM PDT AP - Widening an explosive debate on torture, President Barack Obama on Tuesday opened the possibility of prosecution for Bush-era lawyers who authorized brutal interrogation of terror suspects and suggested Congress might order a full investigation.

Did Waterboarding Prevent Terrorism Attacks? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 07:00 PM PDT Time.com - Did Waterboarding Prevent Terrorism Attacks?

Unresolved debate in DOJ memos: Does torture work? (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:54 PM PDT AP - Interrogators have centuries of experience extracting information from the unwilling. Medieval inquisitors hanged heretics from ceilings. Salem magistrates used fire to elicit witchcraft confessions. And CIA officers waterboarded terrorism suspects in clandestine prisons.

Police release Pakistani terror suspects (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:51 PM PDT AFP - Police released nine mostly Pakistani men arrested in a major anti-terror operation, a spokeswoman said, handing them over to immigration officials who vowed to deport them.

Lawyer: USS Cole familes to get at least $200K (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:40 PM PDT AP - Nearly nine years after 17 sailors were killed in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole, some relatives of the victims are set to receive at least $200,000 each from Sudan, a lawyer said Tuesday.

9 men caught in UK terror raids up for deportation (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:26 PM PDT AP - British authorities said Tuesday they want to deport nine terrorism suspects arrested earlier this month in a highly publicized police operation.

3 lawyers face scrutiny for torture advice (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT AP - Three Bush administration lawyers who worked in an elite Justice Department unit face further scrutiny over their advice on how to conduct tough interrogations of terror suspects, but criminal prosecution remains only an outside possibility.

Committee: Bayer engaged in campaign of secrecy (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Bayer CropScience withheld information from emergency responders after a deadly explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last summer, and has since used a terrorism-related law to keep some documents secret, a congressional committee said Tuesday.

Shifting rhetoric on interrogation prosecutions (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - A look at the White House's shifting rhetoric on the possibility of prosecutions stemming from CIA interrogation techniques against terror suspects.

No terrorism charges for nine more held in UK raids (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - British police said Tuesday they would bring no charges against nine more of the 12 men arrested in connection with a suspected al Qaeda plot, leaving only two still under investigation.

Canada chides U.S. for remarks on 9/11 plotters (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - The Canadian government moved on Tuesday to correct U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano after she wrongly said some of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks had crossed into the United States from Canada.

FBI adds domestic terror suspect to 'most wanted' list (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:52 PM PDT AFP - The FBI expanded its list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" Tuesday to include domestic "terrorism" for the first time, adding a US citizen wanted for bombings of two corporate offices in California in 2003.

Cheney: US gained information from interrogations (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:13 PM PDT AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the U.S. government gained valuable intelligence from its aggressive interrogations of high-value detainees after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

Court: Terror victim's family can't claim money (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the brother of a terrorism victim can't claim $2.8 million of Iran's money in compensation for the death.

FBI's newest 'Most Wanted' terrorist is American (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - A fugitive animal rights activist believed to be hiding outside the United States has become the first domestic terror suspect named to the FBI's list of "Most Wanted" terrorists.

Domestic terror suspect added to FBI "most wanted" list (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 11:48 AM PDT AFP - The FBI expanded its list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" Tuesday to include domestic "terrorism" for the first time, adding a US citizen wanted for bombings of two corporate offices in California in 2003.

FBI Adds Domestic Suspect to ‘Most Wanted’ Terrorists (Bloomberg) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 11:10 AM PDT Bloomberg - April 21 (Bloomberg) -- The FBI for the first time has added an accused domestic terrorist to its list of “most wanted” terror suspects.

Obama Ignites Interrogation Furor (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 10:28 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Partisan battle lines formed quickly on Capitol Hill in reaction to President Obama's statement that some George W. Bush administration officials could face prosecution for their roles in developing a harsh interrogation program for suspected terrorists.

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