Making good on U.S. President Obama's promise to accelerate the greening of the federal fleet, the US General Services Administration has ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles. The GSA said it ordered the vehicles from General Motors, Chrysler & Ford.

The prohibition of torture is one of the marks of a civilised country; but that prohibition has been fudged by the Bush Administration, which has refused to rule out water boarding - a form of torture used by the Inquisition and the Pol Pot regime, for ex

Mr Hayden admitted yesterday that agents destroyed footage of two top al-Qa'eda suspects, fearing that keeping them "posed a security risk". The CIA chief has denied torture practices

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The front gate of Camp Delta is shown at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 4, 2007. How the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror are coming back to haunt us.

Despite recent claims otherwise, the White House has rebuffed negotiations with Iran at every turn -- a major strategic blunder.

The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric.

Jonathan Schell: "Everybody who has ever marched against nuclear weapons should dust off their boots and get back in the fray."

Was the agency's destruction of two video recordings of harsh interrogations by the CIA a coverup?

How did a former Bush official win an $800 million Department of Defense contract for his healthcare firm? That's what government watchdogs want to know.