Former vice president Richard B. Cheney personally oversaw at least four briefings with senior members of Congress about the controversial interrogation program, part of a secretive and forceful defense he mounted throughout 2005 in an effort to maintain support for the harsh techniques used on detainees.
Cheney's role in helping handle intelligence issues in the Bush administration -- particularly his advocacy for the use of aggressive methods and warrantless wiretapping against alleged terrorists -- has been well documented.
Congress is at another impasse. This time, America is facing a countdown to the “dairy cliff.”
The...
The U.S. House approved Tuesday a 10-year extension of an existing federal law banning guns that...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pushed through a controversial change to Senate rules Thursday that...
