Security Nominee Is a Hard Charger on Legal War on Terror
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Michael Chertoff was known as a tough-minded prosecutor when he was in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division.
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Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales, under scorching criticism from senators, condemned torture as an interrogation tactic Thursday and promised to prosecute abusers of terror suspects. He also disclosed the White House was looking at trying to change the Geneva Conventions that protect prisoner rights.
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Early reports say his choice will be Michael Chertoff, a former federal prosecutor who helped craft the early war on terror strategy.
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Foreign secretary raises doubts about fairness of US military tribunals for 9/11 accused
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ATTORNEY-General Philip Ruddock has defended Australia&#39;s approach to counter-terrorism despite a visa being granted to September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
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President Bush's second nominee for Homeland Security chief brings to the table long experience in Washington and in legal matters.
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The government named a special prosecutor for anti-terrorism cases Monday, moving to prevent a repeat of a trial disruption last week by the Shining Path rebel founder and his followers.
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Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday delivered a blistering assault on President Bush&#39;s prosecution of the war on terror, accused Bush
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Attorney-General designate Gonzales will draw some terror-war questions, but is likely to be confirmed.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday nominated Michael Chertoff, former head of the Justice Department's criminal division and a chief architect of the nation's domestic counterterrorism strategy following the 2001 attacks, to be the country's second homeland security secretary.
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The first Guantanamo terror suspects to be arraigned are an alleged Al-Qaeda accountant, a poet who is accused of crafting terrorist propaganda, a man who drove and protected Osama bin Laden, and an Australian who fought with Afghanistan&#39;s ousted Taliban.
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The House Armed Services chairman, who advocates a tough stance on terrorist prisoner suspects, warned Wednesday against being too lax in prosecuting detainees.
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White House officials, potentially vulnerable to prosecution in the wake of the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision, break out the big guns in a battle over detainees
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He has presented himself as the candidate who knows best how to fight terror. But a look at his record as New York City mayor shows gaping weaknesses
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President George W. Bush's pick for top CIA legal officer came under fire from Senate Democrats on Tuesday for his role in an interrogation and detention program that brought accusations of torture against the United States.
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U.S. attorney general nominee  Alberto Gonzales faced blistering criticism on Thursday for his  role in shaping administration policies blamed for contributing  to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats said had put  Americans at greater risk.
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A Republican filibuster in the Senate today shot down a bipartisan effort to restore the right of terrorism suspects to contest their detentions and treatment in federal courts, underscoring the Democratic-led Congress's difficulty with terrorism issues.