Michael Mukasey: Waterboarding is not torture
CIA Director John Brennan on Thursday defended the agency's harsh interrogation techniques, saying they provided "useful" information to authorities, including in the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden. But he said it is "unknowable" what information could specifically be attributed to those techniques.
OutFront, Michael Mukasey served as attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2007 through the end of his presidency. Mr. Mukasey opened an investigation into the CIA's destruction of the interrogation tapes of detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks. That investigation later expanded under Attorney General Eric Holder into a larger probe of the interrogation program and whether individuals should be charged with the crime of torture.
NYPD to determine fate of officer in Eric Garner chokehold case
Protests over a grand jury's decision not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner have stretched to Capitol Hill.
More than a hundred African-American congressional staffers, including Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, gathered on the steps of the capitol with their hands up to symbolize their frustration after the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
That show of support coming at the same time the NYPD determines the fate of officer Pantaleo
Rosa Flores is OutFront with more on his future with the force.
Skier's terrifying run down a steep crevice: "Scariest thing I've ever done"
It's being called the year's most insane ski run - a run so steep through a crevice so narrow that the professional skier won an award for it. CNN's Jeanne Moos takes you along for the harrowing ride.
View my Flipboard Magazine.Famed Model Beverly Johnson claims Bill Cosby drugged her
(CNN) - In an essay for Vanity Fair, famed model Beverly Johnson accuses Bill Cosby of drugging her in a meeting at his Manhattan residence in the 1980s - adding herself to the list of women who have made accusations against the comedian in recent weeks.
"For a long time I thought it was something that only happened to me, and that I was somehow responsible. So I kept my secret to myself, believing this truth needed to remain in the darkness," she writes. "Now that other women have come forward with their nightmare stories, I join them."
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