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13 Apr 2020, 4:26 pm by Jon Sands
Walker, No. 18-10211 (3-20-20)(Bybee w/Melloy & N. [read post]
Against this background, we write, [T]he failure to conduct a comprehensive criminal investigation would contribute to the notion that torture remains a permissible policy option for future administrations; undermine the ability of the United States to advocate for human rights abroad; and compromise Americans' faith in the rule of law at home As to the officials who should be investigated, the Times editorial names former Vice President Dick Cheney; Cheney's chief of staff,… [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 2:41 pm by Lovechilde
By David Swanson, cross-posted from War Is A Crime.org Elizabeth Holtzman knows something about struggles for justice in the U.S. government. [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 8:55 am by pfriedman
However, David Margolis, an associate deputy attorney general, released a separate memo [DOJ Margolis Report] overruling the OPR’s report, finding its analysis was flawed because it did not have a clear definition of what constitutes professional misconduct. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 1:48 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Such an investigation should also include examination of the roles played by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Attorney General John Ashcroft, as well as the lawyers who crafted the legal “justifications” for torture, including Alberto Gonzales (counsel to the president and later attorney general), Jay Bybee (head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)), John Rizzo (acting CIA general counsel), David Addington (counsel to the vice… [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 2:20 pm by Brian Tamanaha
David Margolis to not refer John Yoo to the bar for disciplinary proceedings can in no way be read as a vindication of his conduct. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 11:00 pm
 The scheme had the participation and express or tacit assent of many others, from President Bush and Vice-President Cheney and the NSC Principals on down to Justice Department lawyers John Yoo, Jay Bybee, Patrick Philbin, Daniel Levin, Stephen Bradbury, DOD General Counsel Jim Haynes, Counsel to the Vice-President David Addington, and Counsel to the National Security Adviser John Bellinger. [read post]
21 May 2008, 2:29 am
It was reportedly influenced by the views of David Addington. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 3:49 am
Update: Here’s some background on Major and Professor David Frakt.Major David J. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 11:15 am by David Luban
It had to happen, as night follows day.After David Margolis concluded that the Bybee Memos showed mere "poor judgment" rather than professional misconduct, it was only a matter of time before someone would spin Margolis into an endorsement of the memos. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 7:56 am by admin
  Following the merger, many from Anchor’s management accepted positions in IGT’s management, including Anchor’s General Counsel, David Johnson, who became IGT’s General Counsel. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 7:50 am by Tom Parker
The Spanish complaint names six senior lawyers from the Bush administration: former Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Douglas Feith, the former under secretary of defense for policy. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 1:28 pm by Thomas Crocker
She, with others (including the current acting Assistant Attorney General, David Barron), advocate returning the office to its independent role in providing accurate legal analysis for the executive branch. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 10:55 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
by Kevin Jon Heller David Luban and Stuart Taylor are having an interesting exchange at Balkinization over whether the CIA’s use of waterboarding qualifies as torture under the federal torture statute, 18 USC 2340. [read post]