Another woman said she was warned that she would herself be prosecuted for lying if she pressed a rape charge against a man who attacked her.

BBC: A file photo of a US soldier in Afghanistan

John McCain, R-Arizona, pressed Rumsfeld repeatedly on who was in charge of the interrogations at the prison.

CNN: Rumsfeld tells Congress of his 'failure'

During their last ditch attempt to avoid extradition, lawyers for Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan pressed the CPS in court to clarify why there had never been a charge in the UK. The CPS said it considered some charges - but had insufficient evidence to prosecute.

BBC: New trial location rules follow terror extraditions

Pressed by a parliamentary committee last autumn, Andrew Smith, the minister in charge of the scheme, said he would expect the programme to bring down the trend rate of unemployment, barring unforeseeable devastation of the economy.

ECONOMIST: Welfare-to-work