Recent statements show broad support for inquiry into White House decisions.

President Obama confirmed Wednesday that he plans to keep the controversial military commissions alive.

The possibility prompts fervent opposition from Republicans, who say the 9/11 terrorists should never be allowed anywhere on U.S. soil, let alone in a civilian U.S. court.

The administration insists there is no constitutional right to humane treatment by U.S. authorities outside the United States.

Human rights experts say there is a serious risk that some of the Guantanamo detainees cleared for release could face persecution or torture.

New documents obtained by TWI related to the case of Mohammed Jawad, an adolescent tortured by Afghan police and then abused again by U.S. interrogators, suggest that not only certain CIA interrogations, but also interrogations by the Department of Defense demand a broader investigation.

Although the Obama administration’s much-anticipated new policy on the use of the so-called “state secrets” privilege, announced this morning, has drawn some praise, civil liberties lawyers and other critics of the use of the privilege don’t think it solves the problem.

Eight years after it was passed, the USA Patriot Act remains among the most controversial pieces of counterterrorism legislation in the so-called “war on terror.”

The high court’s decision in a case about an anti-Hillary Clinton documentary could carry broad implications.

The Obama administration may circumvent the spirit of a judge’s order to disclose hundreds of documents relating to the CIA’s Bush-era interrogation program.