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.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Loretta Lynch to be the nation's next attorney...
In a crushing defeat for John Boehner, his own House Republicans defeated the Speaker’s bill, and...
