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04 23rd, 2009|
AFP - The CIA first sought in May 2002 to use harsh interrogation techniques including waterboarding on terror suspects, and was given key early approval by then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, a US Senate intelligence document said.
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AFP - China insisted on Thursday it was opposed to Internet crimes, following a US media report that said Chinese hackers may have been behind a cyber attack on computers linked to a new US fighter jet.
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AFP - A top US Senator said Thursday that he opposed, for now, creating an independent commission to probe harsh Bush-era interrogation techniques widely branded as torture.
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AP - Raytheon Co.’s quarterly profit rose 14 percent on stronger sales of missiles, radars and defense electronics, spurring the nation’s fifth-largest defense contractor to raise its 2009 earnings forecast.
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AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday travels to a military base in North Carolina to visit US Marines preparing for combat against insurgents in Afghanistan.
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AFP - The CIA first requested in May 2002 to be allowed to question terrorism suspects with a near-drowning technique known as waterboarding, according to a document made public on Wednesday.