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Rice delivered OK to waterboard as Bush's adviser (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:29 PM PDT AP - Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally OK'd the CIA's request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, a decision memorialized a few days later in a secret memo that the Obama administration declassified last week.

Judge adopts Obama standard for Gitmo detention (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:16 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Wednesday adopted the Obama administration's standard for continuing to hold terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay and signaled he will move quickly to decide whether prisoners can continue to be held under the new rule.

Dems push for torture hearings, ignoring Obama (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:03 PM PDT AP - Brushing aside the president's suggestions, congressional Democrats pushed ahead firmly on Wednesday toward investigations into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terror suspects including hundreds of instances of waterboarding and other abusive practices.

US wall around terror suspect easing, brother says (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - The U.S. government's wall of isolation around a man held for more than seven years as an alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent has parted in recent weeks with telephone calls to his family and the chance to read newspapers and magazines, according to one of his brothers.

Obama triggers firestorm in CIA interrogation case (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama came under strong criticism from Republicans on Wednesday for leaving the door open to the prosecution of former Bush officials who authorized severe interrogations by the CIA.

No quick cybersecurity fix seen (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - The intelligence expert who prepared a still-secret study on cybersecurity for President Obama said on Wednesday the danger of attacks on U.S. computer networks cannot be fixed easily or quickly.

CIA first sought waterboarding powers in May 2002 (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT AFP - The CIA first requested in May 2002 to be allowed to question terrorism suspects with a near-drowning technique known as waterboarding, according to a document made public on Wednesday.

Feds to end some newspaper, magazine subscriptions (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - The Homeland Security Department is dropping some newspaper and magazine subscriptions to save money.

Texas group to sue feds for putting biolab in Kan. (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 01:28 PM PDT AP - A group of Texas research facilities announced Wednesday that it plans to sue the Department of Homeland Security over its selection of a Kansas site for a planned $450 million biodefense laboratory, claiming political connections led federal officials to overlook the site's tornado risk.

FEMA nominee promises to improve agency response (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 11:13 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's pick to head FEMA promised senators Wednesday that he would hold the disaster relief agency to a much higher standard than it displayed in the wake of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.

Italian judge to rule in May on CIA trial (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 10:03 AM PDT AP - A judge will decide next month whether to continue with the politically sensitive trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect after the high court threw out key evidence deemed classified.

Italian judge asked to toss out CIA kidnap trial (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 09:56 AM PDT Reuters - Lawyers representing CIA agents accused in Italy of kidnapping a terrorism suspect asked a judge to toss out the trial on Tuesday, after a higher court ruled some evidence used to help win their indictments was classified.

German trial begins for 4 accused in terror plot (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 07:06 AM PDT AP - Four men charged over a foiled plot to attack American and other targets in Germany were motivated by hatred of the U.S. and aspired to emulate the scale of Sept. 11, prosecutors said as their trial opened Wednesday.

Canada chides U.S. for remarks on 9/11 plotters (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 02:18 AM 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.

3 lawyers face scrutiny for torture advice (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 12:07 AM 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.

Shifting rhetoric on interrogation prosecutions (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 12:07 AM PDT AP - A look at the White House's shifting rhetoric on the possibility of prosecutions stemming from CIA interrogation techniques against terror suspects.

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