Lawmaker warned CIA to save interrogation tapes
Two years before the CIA destroyed interrogation videotapes, top officials were urged to preserve them by a senior lawmaker who warned that disposing of the recordings would "reflect badly on...
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Justice, CIA snub Congress
The Justice Department on Friday moved to consolidate control over the investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes, saying that neither it nor the intelligence agency would cooperate with...
U.S. indicts Rep. Jefferson
Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) was indicted Monday for allegedly using his congressional office to enrich himself and his family through a pervasive pattern of fraud, bribery and corruption that spanned...
FBI raids have GOP tie-in
FBI agents conducted raids in two states Monday as part of an investigation into whether Rep. Curt Weldon used his influence to steer business to a lobbying firm owned by...
Cheney, Rove, Libby sued in CIA leak case
The CIA operative at the center of a three-year federal leak investigation fought back Thursday, suing Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential counselor Karl Rove, accusing...
Lobbyist guilty in plea deal
Asking forgiveness from "the Almighty and from those I have wronged," Jack Abramoff, once considered the most powerful lobbyist on Capitol Hill, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a scheme of fraud...
Bush defends secret wiretaps
President Bush, facing fresh criticism about how he has waged the war on terror, acknowledged Saturday that he authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. after the attacks of...
CIA leak inquiry focuses on Rove
Prosecutors investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity returned their attention to White House adviser Karl Rove on Tuesday, questioning a former West Wing colleague about contacts Rove had...
Longtime assistant to Rove testifies
WASHINGTON - A top assistant to White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove appeared last week before the federal grand jury investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by the Bush administration...
Probe of leak shifts to perjury, obstruction
The special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation has shifted his focus from whether White House officials violated a law against exposing undercover agents to determining whether evidence exists to...