WASHINGTON -- The Central Intelligence Agency faced the threat of obstruction-of-justice investigations on Friday from the Justice Department and congressional committees over the destruction of ...

“Gibson stated that during the CIA interrogations Zubaydah ‘gave up’ Jose Padilla and identified several targets for future al Qaeda attacks, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.

correctionAn Aug. 3 article referred separately to Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan and Abu Talaha as suspected al Qaeda operatives arrested last month in Pakistan. Khan and Talaha are the same person.

The Justice Department is pressing the CIA to publicly reveal the specific interrogation methods authorized by the Bush administration for a handful of senior al Qaeda captives, senior department ...