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Tuesday, April 29
Secret opinions and letters issued by White House Office of Legal Counsel
by
margieburns
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:20 PM EDT
Following is the list of non-public, i.e. secret, products from the Office of Legal Counsel in our White House, included as an appendix to the letter from Reps. John Conyers and Jerrold Nadler just posted. It is a good thing for the public that at least the torture memoranda cited these products:
APPENDIX LISTING NON-PUBLIC OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL OPINIONS AND LETTERS CITED IN THE YOO MEMORANDUM 1) Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Patrick F. Philbin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Legality of the Use of Military Commissions to Try Terrorists ... more »
Conyers And Nadler Ask for Justice Department Secret Opinions
by
margieburns
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:17 PM EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2008
Contact: Melanie N. Roussell (Conyers)
202-226-5543
Jonathan Godfrey (Conyers) 202-226-6888
Shin Inouye (Nadler) 202-225-5635
Conyers And
Nadler Ask for Justice Department
Secret Opinions
(Washington, DC)-
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today asked Attorney General
Michael Mukasey for a list of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel's
"secret" legal opinions issued during the Bush Administration as well
as copies of the
unclassified opinions.
The Administration has based decisions on the ... more »
Letters from Rep. Conyers to attorneys for the authors of the torture memos
by
margieburns
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:34 AM EDT
  The House Judiciary Committee has requested testimony from former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former White House attorney John Yoo (Office of Legal Counsel), and counsel for Vice President Cheney David Addington.To date, these three civil officers, all connected to the memoranda apparently authorizing the use of torture on prisoners held by the United States, have not agreed to testify voluntarily. Chairman John Conyers' letter to John C. Millian, attorney for Yoo, is linked here. Conyers' letter to David Addington, now Chief of Staff for Cheney, is linked here. His letter to Charles J. Cooper, attorney for John ... more »
Author in childhood, young adulthood
by
margieburns
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:10 AM CDT
Conyers Threatens Subpoenas on Torture and Interrogation Memos
by
margieburns
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:06 AM EDT
Release from the office of Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), and high time indeed. The letters about these torture and interrogation memos will be posted following this:
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
April 28,
2008
Contact: Melanie N.
Roussell 202-226-5543
Jonathan Godfrey 202-226-6888
Conyers Threatens Subpoenas on Torture and
Interrogation Memos
(Washington, DC)- Today,
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent letters to
former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo, Chief of Staff to the Vice
President David Addington, and former Attorney General John Ashcroft urging them
to agree to testify voluntarily at the Committee's upcoming ... more »
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