Pull up a chair — you may need it. David Addington, Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff, has indicated he might testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
Anyone familiar with Cheney’s Cheney, a commonly used reference to Addington, will know that Addingtion even acknowledging the Congress exists is completely out of character for the notorious [...]
Prompted by ABC’s recent exposure of the White House torture review program, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers invited five top Bush administration officials (former and current) to a hearing to review the administration’s "torture policies and other potential abuses of executive power."
Conyers sent letters to David Addington, John Ashcroft, Doug Feith, Daniel Levin, [...]
Strong, provocative title, I know. Regrettably, it is appropriate and applicable.
The arrogance of the Bush administration still amazes me after all these years.
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a notorious Guantanamo detainee, has asked a military court, via his lawyer, to forbid prosecutors from using statements he made to prosecutors government interrogators as evidence against him in an upcoming trial. The lawyer claims Hamdan’s statements are inadmissible because [...]
After years of Congress demanding the Bush administration release documents on torture, the Justice Department finally released a legal opinion John Yoo wrote March 14, 2003 as head of the Office of Legal Counsel. Just reading this memo shocks the conscience, and it is the declassified version. When I read it, I cringed and thought [...]
From AP:
Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed an outside prosecutor Wednesday to lead a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes.
The CIA acknowledged last month that it destroyed videos of officers using tough interrogation methods while questioning two al-Qaida suspects. The acknowledgment sparked a congressional inquiry and a preliminary investigation by Justice.
”The [...]
If the CIA has not been conducting a cover-up of its interrogation techniques, then I don’t know what a cover-up is.
Citing a seven-page memorandum from the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission, the New York Times reports the commission made” formal requests to the C.I.A. that sought ‘documents,’ ‘reports’ and ‘information’ related to [...]
Who may show up (or not) at the House Judiciary Committee hearing* today on the interrogation of detainees and the CIA’s destruction of related videotapes may turn out to be as interesting as any testimony that may be given. Committee Chairman Conyers sent letters on December 7th requesting information from [...]
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino issued a statement strongly rebuking the New York Times’ report of substantial involvement by the White House in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes. In her statement, Perino described the piece as “”pernicious and troubling” and demanded the Times issue a correction.
The New York Times today implies that [...]
Not the Bush White House!
At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.
The accounts indicate that the involvement of [...]
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers responded to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s refusal last week to appear before his committee this week regarding the CIA destroying videotapes of detainee interrogations. Although Judge Mukasey may have interpreted Conyers’ request as an opportunity for them to get acquainted — Mukasey being [...]
Hey, Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein — both of you did a heckuva job!
Has Mukasey forgotten that investigating the Executive Branch is a function of Congress or did George Bush write an Executive Order stripping Congress of its subpoena power?
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today sharply rebuffed congressional demands for details about the Justice [...]
(Ed. Note: (A) First update: Since I initially posted this item, I made several revisions to improve clarity, syntax, etc. The overall content and fact-based items have not changed. Unfortunately, when I submitted the post earlier, I had several external interrupts and did not proof the post properly. My apologies for the [...]
Earlier today, it was revealed that two federal judges on separate occasions had ordered the Bush administration to preserve information regarding the treatment of detainees. Both judges issued their orders almost six months before the CIA destroyed the interrogation videotapes. But there’s more.
John Dean, former White House Counsel during the Nixon administration, was [...]
The distinquished Republican Senator from Missouri, Kit Bond, on waterboarding. Add ice, stir, and make your own jokes.
"There are different ways of doing it. It’s like swimming, freestyle, backstroke. The waterboarding could be used almost to define some of the techniques that our trainees are put through, but that’s beside the point. It’s [...]
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