Torture, Interrogation Inquiry | featured news

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Attorney general's decision to probe alleged abuses of terrorist detainees draws sharp criticism, as leading Democrats largely applaud the action.

A congressional hearing on terrorism-era interrogation practices has opened with harsh partisan recriminations.

Senate Democratic leaders said they would resist efforts to create a special panel to investigate harsh interrogation methods.