The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urged the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and called the practice "out of step" with medical ethics and international norms.

Ron Wyden wasn’t fast enough for the NBA, but he’s plenty quick on his feet in the Senate.“I was dreaming about playing in the pros,” the lanky, 6-foot-4-inch Democratic senator from Oregon said during an interview in his office last week. “I was too small, and I made up for it by being really slow.”These days, the 64-year-old Wyden, who ...

U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that National Security Agency surveillance programs have disrupted "dozens" of terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 countries around the world.The statement about the thwarted plots was cleared for release by U.S. officials late Saturday afternoon after requests by Senate Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein that intelligence agency o...    

Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently said Edward Snowden, the NSA defector, was a traitor. Strong words. Are they justified? Let’s take a dispassionate look at the evidence. Along the way we may actually see how we got here. Edward Snowden broke an oath he took to maintain the secrecy of his spy work with the National Security Agency. [...]