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A Crucial Vacancy at the Bush White House
Karl Rove, the President's top political strategist, will leave the White House at the end of this month. Also, the Red Cross report describing CIA treatment of detainees in the war on terror, with techniques learned from countries known to use torture.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenKarl Rove, the President's top political strategist, will leave the White House at the end of this month. Some Democrats say Rove acted above the law. Some Republicans say he should have left before last November's elections. We talk with reporters who've tracked the relationship that helped shape six and a half years of American history. Also, the Red Cross report describing CIA treatment of detainees in the war on terror, with techniques learned from countries known to use torture. Did they work? Did they violate international law?
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3 storiesTop Strategist Karl Rove Announces His Resignation
After 14 years as the President's top political advisor, Karl Rove announced his resignation today . The President's top political strategist will leave the White House at the end of this month. We talk with reporters who've tracked the relationship that helped shape six and a half years of American history.
Read the story22 minAmerica's Treatment of Suspects in the War on Terror
At a news conference last week, President Bush was asked about an article in the New Yorker magazine. It details the CIA's so-called "enhanced interrogation" of terrorist suspects-- including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind of September 11. Bush responded , "Haven't seen it. We don't torture."
Read the story20 minDetainees and the 2008 Presidential Race
For years to come, it's likely the US will be hunting and capturing jihadists all over the world. Some will be too dangerous to release, but impossible to try as ordinary criminals. President Bush and the current Congress are unlikely to workout a legal framework for dealing with them, which will leave that task to the next administration.
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