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28 Jun 2007, 11:11 am
Can Cheney's chief-of-staff and legal brain, David Addington, twist logic into even more magnificent knots? [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 3:20 pm
Do Addington's views trump OLC's? [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 9:05 am
When can you go after David Addington's assets because you're angry about what he's been up to in prosecuting the war on terror? [read post]
24 Jun 2007, 3:56 pm
When the history books are written, the Vice President and his counsel, David Addington, will be at the forefront. [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 3:38 am
(NB: The basic idea of a unitary executive, by contrast, is not spurious; some versions of the theory are quite plausible, just not Cheney and Addington's version. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 2:32 pm
Addington that the vice president's office is indeed such an entity. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 9:59 am
Comey, Philbin and Jack Goldsmith, the DOJ attorneys who wrote the legal analysis of the secret surveillance program were in that meeting with Cheney, his chief of staff David Addington, Card, Gonzales and unnamed members of the intelligence community. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 10:58 pm
The White House's objections to DOJ's new views had been conveyed orally up to that point, but shortly after March 10th, White House Counsel Gonzales issued a memo, presumably drafted by David Addington and presumably adopting a view opposite that of OLC. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 10:50 pm
Constitutional savants like John Yoo, Dick Cheney, and David Addington would have been vindicated; their vision of the Constitution would no longer be "off-the-wall" but a sound and sensible application of basic principles in time of emergency.What we would have is a "winner's Constitution," a Constitution influenced and shaped by successful ventures judged successful by the American people, leading to new constitutional constructions and… [read post]
3 Jun 2007, 10:38 am
Consider this observation from Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower. [read post]
20 May 2007, 10:01 pm
Ashcroft concurred" with Comey's decision. [read post]
20 May 2007, 9:57 am
Still, I presume, as a matter of fact, that Bush had lawyers within the White House--David Addington, most certainly--who were willing to denounce the caution of Jack Goldsmith and others. [read post]
17 May 2007, 4:49 pm
If you were NSA General Counsel, how would you react if the President asked you to engage in conduct that is on its face criminal; if you learned that Jack Goldsmith and John Ashcroft of all officials, concluded that there was no legal way around the statutory restriction and refused to be associated with it; and if the only justification the President offered you for obeying his order was that he was adopting David Addington's, uh, shall we say idiosyncratic, view… [read post]
17 May 2007, 9:01 am
” Philbin was denied appointment as principal deputy solicitor general after objections from Vice President Cheney and his counsel, David Addington, reported Bravin, citing unnamed sources. [read post]
16 May 2007, 10:03 am
The dramatic details should not obscure the bottom line: the administration's alarming willingness, championed by, among others, Vice President Cheney and his counsel, David Addington, to ignore its own lawyers. [read post]
15 May 2007, 8:44 am
The President himself, of course, could overrule DOJ on the legal question -- but apparently is unwilling to do so, both because the subsequent resignation of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director would tip off the public that the President trusted David Addington's jurisprudence more than he trusted the folks at DOJ, and because perhaps the NSA and the phone companies would not look too kindly on the idea of acting in accord with the President's views when even… [read post]
15 May 2007, 8:44 am
The President himself, of course, could overrule DOJ on the legal question -- but apparently is unwilling to do so, both because the subsequent resignation of the AG, DAG, and FBI Director would tip off the public that the President trusted David Addington's jurisprudence more than he trusted the folks at DOJ, and because perhaps the NSA and the phone companies would not look too kindly on the idea of acting in accord with the President's views when even… [read post]
15 May 2007, 4:48 am
COMEY: David Ayers.That he had gotten a call from Mrs. [read post]
15 May 2007, 4:48 am
COMEY: David Ayers.That he had gotten a call from Mrs. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 7:52 pm
He fought hard to reform the entire detainee legal structure, eventually concluding that he couldn't stay in his Pentagon post after clashes with David Addington et al. for his pains. [read post]
