Obama opens possibility of torture memos investigation, prosecutions

WASHINGTON — Widening an explosive debate on torture, President Barack Obama on Tuesday opened the possibility of prosecution for Bush-era lawyers who authorized brutal interrogation of terror suspects and suggested Congress might order a full investigation.

DOJ interrogation memos approved waterboarding, but left unanswered: Does torture work?

WASHINGTON — Interrogators have centuries of experience extracting information from the unwilling. Medieval inquisitors hanged heretics from ceilings. Salem magistrates used fire to elicit witchcraft confessions. And CIA officers waterboarded terrorism suspects in clandestine prisons.

Obama: Open to possibility of prosecutions, congressional probe of harsh interrogation tactics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama left the door open Tuesday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for gruesome terror-suspect interrogations, saying the United States lost “our moral bearings” with use of the tactics.

Cheney calls for declassification of CIA memos showing interrogation results

WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Cheney has taken umbrage over the selective release of CIA-related interrogation techniques by the Obama administration that showed the Bush administration in poor light, and officially demanded that all CIA memos relating to the subject be declassified to show the positive results of the techniques.

The three answers that secured Palin’s GOP VP nomination

WASHINGTON - John McCain’s lead vice presidential vetter said Friday that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was very impressive during her interview, knocking the senator’s most important questions “out of the park.”

Jindal advises Cheney to tone down criticism of Obama

Baton Rouge (Louisiana, US), - Louisiana’s Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has suggested that former Vice President Dick Cheney should tone down his criticism of President Barack Obama.

Republicans should give Obama a chance: Bobby Jindal

WASHINGTON - Bobby Jindal, Louisiana’s Indian American governor, wants the Republicans to ‘give the new administration a chance’, asking the former Vice President Dick Cheney to tone down his criticism of President Barack Obama’s national security policies.

Washington ‘A’ list excludes Bush and company, Obamas, Axelrods in

WASHINGTON - The new Washington, DC, A-list is in, and George W. Bush and his team aren’t on it, reports the New York Post.

Here is how Bush spends his retirement in Texas

Dallas (Texas, US), - Eight years after serving as the 43rd President of the United States, George W Bush loves to lead the simple life in Dallas, Texas.

Obama fires back at Cheney over Guantanamo comments

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has criticized former Vice President Dick Cheney over claims that plans to close the prison at Guantanamo will make America less safe, and said holding detainees for years on end with no trials is “unsustainable.”

Bush has written 30,000 words of his memoir ‘Decision Point’

WASHINGTON - Former US President George W. Bush has written about 30,000 words of his memoir tentatively titled “Decision Points” that will cover everything from how he found faith, to how he quit drinking and chose Karl Rove and Dick Cheney for their respective jobs.

Cheney not the best person to give advice: White House

WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is not the best person to seek advice from on the way the Obama administration is functioning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday.

Obama’s anti-terror policies risky, says Dick Cheney

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.

Come aboard, Washington think tank urges Musharraf

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has been offered a chair at a Washington think tank and he seems inclined to accept the offer, sources close to him said.

Obama scripts history at noon

WASHINGTON - Scripting history at noon as the first black president of the United States, Barack Obama Tuesday delivered a vision of what America can become as the world watched the epochal event with fascination and admiration.

Obama speech was sombre, repudiation of Bush era, says US media

WASHINGTON - ‘Hope’ and ‘change’ - the words that Barack Obama so extensively used in his presidential campaign - were reflected in the American media’s coverage of his inauguration as the 44th US President Tuesday.

History at noon: Obama is US president

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama made his tryst with destiny as the first black president of the United States at noon Tuesday, an epochal event that was unthinkable in his own country even two years ago and which was watched with fascination and admiration around the world.

It’s official: Obama is the next US president

WASHINGTON - The US Congress confirmed Thursday that Barack Obama won the presidential election, clearing the final hurdle to certify the election before Obama is sworn in Jan 20.

Israel did not ask US before Gaza incursion: Cheney

WASHINGTON - Israel had not sought the green light from the US before launching its ground incursion against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, US Vice-President Dick Cheney said Sunday.