White House rejects independent commission on Bush administration’s interrogation program

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday said it did not support creation of an independent panel to investigate the Bush administration’s harsh interrogations of terror suspects.

White House rejects independent commission on interrogation program

WASHINGTON — The White House is ruling out an independent panel to investigate the Bush administration’s harsh interrogations of terror suspects.

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.

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.