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House Judiciary Committee to Explore Administration Approval of Torture Techniques
By admin - Posted on April 14th, 2008
April 11, 2008 -- Washington, DC -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today invited several current and former Administration officials to a May 6 hearing to explore the development and legal approval of Bush administration torture policies and other potential abuses of executive power.
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CIA Inquiry on 9/11 Says Agency Lacked Counterterorrism Plan
By admin - Posted on August 22nd, 2007
22 August 2007 -- A newly released report by the inspector general for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says the former head of the agency failed to develop an effective counterterrorism strategy before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
CIA Director Michael Hayden released a summary of the 2005 report Tuesday in response to a law passed by Congress earlier this month. » read more »
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