Obama administration delays reports on terrorist detention, interrogation

September 20th, 2009 Obama: Justice OK to conduct interrogation reviewWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he has no plans to ask the Justice Department to end its criminal investigation into the harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the Bush administration. Seven former CIA directors have asked the president to do just that.

August 31st, 2009 White House: Cheney wrong on interrogations policyWASHINGTON — The White House says former Vice President Dick Cheney has his facts wrong on the Obama administration's policies for terror detainee interrogations. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Cheney was wrong in saying that the White House would make decisions on interrogations based on politics.

August 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the creation of an elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects, The Washington Post reported Monday.

August 22nd, 2009 AP sources: Report details harsh CIA methodsWASHINGTON — Congressional officials confirm that an internal government report written in 2004 reveals that CIA interrogators threatened one of their prisoners with a gun and a power drill. The account was reported Friday by Newsweek magazine, which said interrogators brandished the weapons during an interrogation of suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

July 29th, 2009 Judge delays detention hearing in NC terror caseRALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has delayed the detention hearing for seven North Carolina men accused of plotting violent jihad.

July 21st, 2009 AP sources: Gov't delays terror policy reportsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday pushed back its own deadline for devising new anti-terrorism policies. The decision had been expected, as presidentially appointed task forces have failed to meet a six-month schedule for making policy recommendations on how terror suspects should be interrogated, held in custody or handed over to other countries.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama administration delays release of CIA reportWASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public, drawing criticism from civil libertarians who say it's past time for Americans to know how its government treated terrorism suspects. The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the report in June as part of a lawsuit, but department officials now say they need until the end of August.

July 1st, 2009 CIA report on interrogation expected WednesdayWASHINGTON — The Justice Department is expected to release on Wednesday an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program during the Bush administration. The report had been expected to be made public two weeks ago but was delayed over debates about how much of it should be censored.

June 19th, 2009 Gov't delays release of report on interrogationsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is delaying by a week its release of an internal CIA report on the agency's Bush-era secret detention and interrogation program. The roughly 150-page report was expected to be released Friday, but a CIA spokesman said government officials were still poring through the documents.

June 4th, 2009 Source: Obama nominee tied to CIA interrogationWASHINGTON — A congressional aide says the Obama administration's pick for a top intelligence post at the Homeland Security Department has ties to the CIA's harsh interrogation program. This could become an issue during Philip Mudd's confirmation hearing, which is expected next week.

May 10th, 2009 Cheney contends Obama policies hurt US securityWASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he believes the U.S. has become more vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack since the Obama administration took power.

April 23rd, 2009 Gates: Interrogation info's release inevitableCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he approves of the Obama administration's release of Bush-era memos on harsh interrogations of terrorist suspects because he expects that the documents inevitably will become public.

March 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Policy changes pursued by President Barack Obama have increased the risk of terrorist attacks for the country, former US vice-president Dick Cheney said in an interview with CNN Sunday. When asked if Obama's new policies had increased the risks to the US, Cheney answered 'yes'.

March 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has said that the Obama Administration will "raise the risk" of a terrorist attack by overhauling his predecessor's approach to the War on Terror. Cheney criticized President Barck Obama's decisions to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, limit the methods CIA officers use to interrogate terror suspects and suspend military tribunals for alleged terrorists, saying those decisions taken together will make Americans less safe.

January 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on his first day in office ordered the suspension of prosecutions at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days, news reports said Wednesday. The order, one of Obama's first acts after taking office Tuesday, was given orally by Defence Secretary Robert Gates to the Guantanamo prosecutors' office.