HIDING IN WORDS ABOUT TORTURE
THE HEARING VIDEO
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Guantanamo Bay and Interrogation Rules
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
| Nadler, Jerrold | U.S. Representative, D-NY | ||
| Schroeder, Christopher H. | Acting Assistant Attorney Gen. (1996-1997), Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel | ||
| Yoo, John C. | Deputy Assistant Atty. General (2001-2003), Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel | ||
| Addington, David S. | Chief of Staff, White House, Office of the Vice President |
A hearing was held on the role of the administration in authorizing interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay.
The hearing was titled "From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part III."
“It’s Addington,” he said. “He doesn’t care about the Constitution.” Powell was referring to David S. Addington, Vice-President Cheney’s chief of staff and his longtime principal legal adviser. -New Yorker
The Addington-authored Jan. 25, 2002 draft was followed, six months later, by the most infamous of the "torture memos," the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Aug. 1, 2002 document by Jay Bybee, directed to Gonzales, which set the standards for what constituted torture, under the jaundiced interpretations of international law from the Ashcroft department -EIR
September 25, 2001: Justice Department Lawyer Asserts There Is No Limit to President’s Authority to Wage War THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISTS AND NATIONS SUPPORTING THEM - John Yoo
