Read more Steven Bradbury stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19911/steven-bradbury.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:41:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush lawyers who gave their blessing to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques should not face criminal charges, a Justice Department report has concluded. The report does, however, say that Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury showed poor judgment and suggests that state bar associations consider reprimands and...http://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 18:56:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York . Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in...http://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19043/waterboarding-is-illegal-justice-dept.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top Justice Department official will declare to a House subcommittee today that waterboarding is no longer legal—a day after Congress defied President Bush's veto threat to explicitly outlaw the controversial interrogation tactic. "The set of interrogation methods authorized for current use is narrower than before, and it does...http://www.newser.com/story/19043/waterboarding-is-illegal-justice-dept.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Feb 2008 8:18:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15327/senators-fly-solo-foiling-bush-move.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA contentious Justice Department nomination lies behind Harry Reid's plan to keep the Senate in session over the holidays, if only for seconds at a time. Dems offered to give the White House a pass on a slew of other recess appointments in exchange for putting controversial terrorism expert Steven...http://www.newser.com/story/15327/senators-fly-solo-foiling-bush-move.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Jan 2008 14:05:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/8878/dems-demand-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe disclosure by the New York Times of secret Justice Department memos greenlighting the use of torture techniques on terror suspects has triggered an uproar on Capitol Hill. Democrats have demanded to see the memos, which authorized head-slapping, sleep deprivation, freezing, a near-drowning technique called water boarding and other painful...http://www.newser.com/story/8878/dems-demand-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Oct 2007 3:19:50 CDT