Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Michael Hayden. US President George W. Bush has for the first time confirmed the existence of secret CIA prisons for suspected terrorists, and defended tough interrogations branded as torture by human rights groups.(AFP/Jim Watson)
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John Warner, R-Va., left, and committee member, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. meet reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 after a meeting with Republican members of the Senate and CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden regarding military tribunals. At center is Warner's press secretary John Ullyot. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)