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David Addington, Cheney's Chief Of Staff, Subpoenaed To Discuss Interrogation Practices

May 6, 2008 09:50 AM EST | AP

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WASHINGTON — A former Justice Department lawyer who wrote a now-repudiated memo allowing harsh interrogations of military prisoners has agreed to testify to Congress about those practices, say House Judiciary Committee officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the panel has not yet made the announcement.

John Yoo, now a law professor at University of California-Berkeley, has agreed to testify to the House Judiciary Committee voluntarily about the Bush administration's interrogation practices after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Yoo's memo, dated March 14, 2003, outlines legal justification for military interrogators to use harsh tactics against al-Qaida and Taliban detainees overseas _ so long as they did not specifically intend to torture their captives.

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, and former Assistant Attorney General Dan Levin have also agreed to give testimony at a future hearing. Former CIA Director George Tenet is still in negotiations with the committee.

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Tuesday to compel David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, to testify.

 

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collapse Dap See Profile I'm a Fan of Dap

The time is *WAY* past due to bring David Addington to account.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:56 AM on 05/07/2008
collapse got2Bkidding See Profile I'm a Fan of got2Bkidding

See Harry, the problem is...

We know what your idea of "The American Way" is. The fact that it involves rolling over, and large quantities of KY Jelly makes your opinion worthles.

In my opinion anyway.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:36 PM on 05/06/2008
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Has anyone (besides myself) wondered what's happend to UC Berkely? I mean c'mon... isn't that supposed to be an impenetrable bastion of radical liberalism?

They hired Yoo... to teach law... at UC Berkeley. Now I know I live in bizzarro world.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 05/06/2008
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email the dean of the law school...I did a couple months back

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 AM on 05/07/2008
collapse edsel See Profile I'm a Fan of edsel

I wish the would to ou know that there not going to do a damn thing to either Bush or Cheney

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:29 PM on 05/06/2008
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I want to know when...and it had better be on the record and front/center. I want to see it and they had better damn sure treat this as a war crimes investigation

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 05/06/2008
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Oh I'm sorry, did i read that right? These Subpoenaed individuals have "agreed" to testify? Since when is a subpoena an invitation? Gee, I guess I"ve been wrong all these years about what a subpoena is!

Oh and let me guess¦ they will all agree ONLY if they get to testify together (ala Bush/ Cheney style), if all questions are submitted before hand, if they are not sworn in, and if nothing they say is recorded!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 PM on 05/06/2008
collapse got2Bkidding See Profile I'm a Fan of got2Bkidding

Bush will claim EP. They'll never go under oath.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:17 PM on 05/06/2008
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Does anyone here believe that if Congress wanted to talk to them, they could negotiate their appearance with the committee ?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:49 PM on 05/06/2008
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They shouldn't have to negotiate anything. Congress has the right to the information period.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:07 PM on 05/06/2008
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Watching Addington shred the dipshit senators on c-span will be worth a sick day.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:44 PM on 05/06/2008
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What's the big deal? Congress has the right to ask questions. What is it with the Republicans who think this is all a joke? This administration has been competent in one thing keeping their incompetence under wraps.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 PM on 05/06/2008
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If you want to see people shredded, I suggest you rent the Saw movies. They might not be quite gory enough to satisfy your taste, but I believe that's the best option you have, barring joining the military and becoming a guard at Gitmo, and that is something you would never do, being a Bushite supporter of the war/occupation.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:52 PM on 05/06/2008
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How the hell is being a guard at Gitmo tough dumbass? Watchinga bunch of muslims get fat awaiting morons like you to release them so they can go blow themselves up in crowded markets?

You sir, are the epitome of a jackass and a fool rolled into one.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:04 PM on 05/06/2008
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Khazar???

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 AM on 05/07/2008
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many of the people in Gitmo were imprisoned because opposing factions sold our smart intelligence people a list who was a terrorist or insurgent. The US paid big money at the onsett. Pretty smart getting the list. dont you think.
Now the US government is afraid to even try them because they know they are wrong.
They are struggleing (not much) with what liability they have for denying People their rights and having imprisoned them without due process.
America use to mean to me, that we would generally do what is morally correct, especially after they get caught with their pants down. But not anymore. They dont even admit to themselves that they f$cked up..
And your Muslim remark is quite racist. We are not at war with muslims.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:15 PM on 05/06/2008
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Good response but Crustybutt has his fingers in his ears.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:23 PM on 05/06/2008
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i really can't think of anything more imbarrasing than having to admit under oath that you worked for or supported dick cheney..it doesn't surprise me that he attracts people like mary matlin and addison..it would be impossible to stoop any lower..these low lifes shouldn't be allowed to breed. when i think of matlin, who doesn't move her mouth when she talks and the sock puppet shes wed to ,i have to think these two were meant for each other. i think both are the result of in breeding...

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:32 PM on 05/06/2008
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I would pay good money to see a BroadWay play about the trial of GWB & his cadre of crooks, liars & war criminals. It would be great standing in that immensely long line of liberal theatre goers to see some semblance of justice. I would make the production as dark & factual as possible. Who knows, it might even become the longest playing show in history. Hope someone takes me up on this. After all ridicule & derision are a right of every American. We may not be able to get this current Congress of conformist whimps to investigate & impeach these war mongers, but we can certainly fund a campaign in protest of their activities.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:26 PM on 05/06/2008
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I saw the Jules Verges film--which had an unforgettable line.

This attorney had defended Klaus Barbie and others--

someone asked him if he would defend Hitler--he responded:

"I would even defend George Bush--but only if he plead guilty"

PURE POETRY--especially if you have a legal background

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:42 PM on 05/06/2008
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This Addington fellow is next to being the devil himself. I am so repulsed by his actions over the years that when I see him or his name I nearly become sick to my stomach.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:59 PM on 05/06/2008
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Good luck on getting anything out of Cheney's Cheney!

I mean besides a polite but firm, "Go Fuck yourselves".

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:39 PM on 05/06/2008
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He'll never show. Even if he does, he won't answer the questions and the Dems won't push.

I would describe the feeling of being represented by cowards and traitors as......horrifying. Good-bye America, Harry Reid has sold you out. Lock, Stock, and Barrel.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:13 PM on 05/06/2008
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Quite right. I doubt seriously that the Dems would "dare" ask anything relevant. Why should they? They're skating along with this administration so why 'rock the boat'? Furthermore, I whole heartedly agree with anothers comments about someone doing a "BroadWay play about the trial of GWB & his cadre of crooks, liars & war criminals." That would be priceless.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:03 PM on 05/06/2008
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Cheney is going to fly Addington's brother in from Sicily just for the hearing.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:11 PM on 05/06/2008
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They're all Fredos.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:40 PM on 05/06/2008
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The next 20 to 50 years is going to be quite interesting in this country. I will be surprised if all out civil war doesnt break out before its over. The hate between liberals and conservatives is so rabid that it is amazing. It is going to be very hard to have a country with the two very different idealologies present. We can accomplish nothing politically because one side is constantly trying to shoot the other side out of the air.

So tell me, how much longer do you all think we have before America splits the sheets and becomes two countries? Ten years, fifty years?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 PM on 05/06/2008
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you might want to refresh your basic Machiavelli - all out civil war would break out if the shadow government is successful in painting the "other side" as the enemy and not the shills who have cheated their way into office and hijacked our government (*our* = U.S. citizens' ).

The appropriate "war" would be citizens against the federal government as Thomas Jefferson suggested. The ploy is "divided they fall".

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:09 PM on 05/06/2008
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Good Freaking Grief you are truly an idiot. It's stupid people like you that are causing all the problems. Get off the Kool-Aid and get a life.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:50 PM on 05/06/2008
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I think LibRS makes a good point and you're the one who may truly be an idiot. the comment is far from stupid. I know more than a few very well educated people who've at least considered the possibility. Our current national polarization reminds a lot of us of a civil war - thankfully bloodshed free so far. That's one of the reasons I support Obama. I'm hoping he can help to pull us back together. We've already had one civil war. What makes you so damn sure there couldn't be another?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:36 PM on 05/06/2008
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I wouldnt fight for either side.
I wont fight for US foreign Policy, devised by fucks who dont care about the citizenry.
I wont fight if the bad guys are wearing black hats that say "we are the bad guys"
And neither will you.
If the fighting spills over to here, I will learn to speak canadian, eh.
and then when it settles down and there is another non responsive government in power, then I will consider returning. What makes america great is the climate. The company sucks.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:26 PM on 05/06/2008
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I've always thought we came close to a second one in 1968.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:56 PM on 05/06/2008
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That's right -- everything's fine in America! Just put on your kool-aid brand rose colored glasses.

/painful sarcasm

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:34 PM on 05/06/2008
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It's sheer mendacity that allows the right to continue to believe they represent the majority in the US, when they can't even command 50% of the electorate. Why do you think they have to CHEAT to win elections?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:40 PM on 05/06/2008
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Could be interesting if Yoo agrees to testify and the administration goes to court to keep him from testifying but he insists. Of course, considering his rather expansive view of executive power, it's hardly credible that he's agreed to testify, at least w/o condition.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:13 PM on 05/06/2008
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Well, of course Yoo can always "commit suicide" before he takes the stand.

Be prepared for "the authorities" to find a "suicide note"

Is this a great country, or what?

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