Feb 23rd, 2010 · Dozens of commanders, including former Air Force and Navy chiefs, were interrogated over alleged plans to destabilize the country by blowing up mosques to trigger a coup and topple the Islamic-rooted government. It was the highest profile crackdown ever on the Turkish military.
Feb 19th, 2010 · Bush administration lawyers did not violate legal ethics rules when they wrote memos authorizing harsh interrogations for terrorism detainees, the Justice Department said Friday, releasing the long-awaited results of its investigation into the memos.
Feb 19th, 2010 · Bush administration lawyers did not violate legal ethics rules when they wrote memos authorizing harsh interrogations for terrorism detainees, the Justice Department said Friday, releasing the long-awaited results of its investigation into the memos.
Feb 19th, 2010 · The Justice Department said Friday that three Bush-era attorneys responsible for memos that authorized enhanced-interrogation techniques showed poor judgment, but did not violate ethics, in formulating the memos. The decision means the three won't face criminal charges or disbarment.
Feb 10th, 2010 · After an extended court battle, Britain's government is forced to release a summary of U.S. intelligence information given to British spy agencies about former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed's treatment during interrogations by the Americans in May 2002.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Authorities had called Aafia Siddiqui, who was educated in the U.S., an al-Qaida sympathizer. At her trial, FBI agents and U.S. soldiers testified that when they went to interrogate her at an Afghan police station, she snatched up an unattended assault rifle and shot at them while yelling, "Death to Americans." She was wounded by return fire.
Jan 20th, 2010 · Director of Intelligence Dennis Blair said Wednesday that the Nigerian student who allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane should have been treated as a terrorism suspect when the plane landed. That would have subjected him to questioning by special interrogators rather than standard law enforcement.
Dec 10th, 2009 · Authorities in Pakistan say they are interrogating five young American Muslim men wanted in the United States for alleged contacts with a Pakistani militant organization with links to al-Qaida. A team from the FBI arrived Thursday to question the men, ages 18 to 25.