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The US House of Representatives late Wednesday voted 308-122 in support of the so-called McCain Amendment , designed to prohibit the cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees in US custody. The non-binding vote instructs negotiators working to...

Former Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Blackwill , who served during President Bush's first term, said Monday that while torture should not be widespread in Iraq, there may be instances where it might be appropriate. Answering questions at...

House and Senate negotiators are continuing talks to reconcile versions of a defense appropriation bill, with both sides largely agreeing to a torture ban proposed by Sen. John McCain , but with other provisions remaining in...

US Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , has said that the final version of the 2006 defense spending bill will likely contain a ban on cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment...

US Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) , a Vietnam War veteran who survived capture and torture by the North Vietnamese, said Sunday that he will not concede on his demands for a ban on the use of torture [Meet...

US senators and the White House are discussing a possible ban on torture of suspected terrorists in US custody, but are struggling to find a consensus, according to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking Sunday on...

The US Department of Defense has delayed the release of a new US Army manual on interrogation of detainees aimed at eliminating harsh procedures that came to light at Abu Ghraib prison...

A classified Central Intelligence Agency report issued in 2004 questioned whether certain interrogation tactics approved by the agency for use against terrorism suspects would violate the UN Convention Against Torture , current and former intelligence officials have...

US Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said Sunday that the Bush administration is making a "terrible mistake" by opposing a proposed ban on torture and other inhuman treatment of prisoners in US custody. The amendment, proposed...

Vice President Dick Cheney urged Republican senators during a closed meeting earlier this week to exempt CIA agents from the Senate anti-torture McCain amendment attached to the 2006 defense spending bill. The amendment, approved [JURIST...