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  hearing about the recently released Office of Legal Counsel memos on torture and interrogation, and related subjects.  In each of the letters, Conyers provides a May 2 deadline for response or, he says, "I will have no choice but to consider the use of compulsory process." 
 
The letters to the potential witnesses are attached, along with their responses to the Committee's original invitation.
 
Melanie N. Roussell
Communications Director
House Committee on the Judiciary
202-226-5543 - office