WASHINGTON -- A former FBI special agent who interrogated senior al-Qaida captives told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that harsh interrogation techniques are "ineffective, slow and unreliable," and disputed claims by former Vice President Dick Cheney and others that they helped uncover major terrorist plots. Ali Soufan, a veteran FBI investigator, said that CIA officials and others responsible for the extreme measures inflated the program's successes and downplayed the consequences of physical abuse. "The situation was, and remains, too risky to allow someone to experiment with...
FBI releases file of Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt, including Presidential pardon request
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
SAUDI BOMBSHELLS, Part 2
Asia Times
Asia Times
Why US officials blamed Iran By Gareth Porter Part 1: WASHINGTON - In March 1997, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Louis Freeh got what he calls in his memoirs "the first truly big break in...
SAUDI BOMBSHELLS, Part 3
Asia Times
Asia Times
FBI chief defended Saudis By Gareth Porter Part 1: Part 2: WASHINGTON - One of the United States government's top investigators on al-Qaeda, veteran agent Dan Coleman, has a theory that Osama bin Laden always took credit...
FBI agent says E. Conn. office to be reopened
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
NEW LONDON, Conn. - A Connecticut agent says that the law enforcement agency will be reopening an office in eastern Connecticut soon....
Sheriff : BLM agents pulled guns on 14 suspects during artifacts raid
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
San Juan County » But FBI and U.S. attorney general defend tactics and say procedures require shackling.Updated: 07/02/2009 08:09:07 PM MDT The San Juan County sheriff says federal agents pointed guns at...
FBI files show `Deep Throat' investigation reached highest officials, agents across country
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
FBI agent takes stand in Dallas corruption trial
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
DALLAS - An FBI agent took the stand Tuesday in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial, telling jurors that a developer went to the FBI in 2004 with allegations that associates of then-Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill were...
BLM agents pulled guns on artifacts suspects, sheriff says
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
San Juan County » The FBI and U.S. attorney general defend tactics.Updated: 07/02/2009 10:11:16 PM MDT San Juan County Sheriff Mike Lacy has boxes of evidence from the 1998 manhunt for the Four Corners...
AP Top News at 8:30 p.m. EDT
Insurance Newsnet
Insurance Newsnet
Democrats pare back subsidies in health care bill WASHINGTON (AP) _ Key Senate Democrats, bidding for bipartisan support on health care, pared back subsidies designed to make insurance more affordable on Thursday and...
Judge wants to review FBI interview of Cheney in CIA leak case, considers public release
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. U.S....
AP Top News at 8:28 p.m. EDT
Insurance Newsnet
Insurance Newsnet
Democrats pare back subsidies in health care bill WASHINGTON (AP) _ Key Senate Democrats, bidding for bipartisan support on health care, pared back subsidies designed to make insurance more affordable on Thursday and...


