Topic: Jay Bybee
The title of a recently released ABC News article is " Obama's Remarks On Prosecution Please Democrats (But Inevitably) Anger Republicans; As some hail Obama's comments, Others Say (That) His Contradiction Is Confusing". are we getting the information that we need and ...
Congressman: Interview shows some reported CIA interrogation techniques not authorized by DOJThe House Judiciary Committee chairman says an interview with a former Justice Department official shows the department did not authorize some of the harsh interrogation techniques reportedly used by the CIA.Rep. ...
The author discusses how the U.S. House of Representatives failed to hold U.S. President George W. Bush's administration accountable for its abuses of power concerning torture, and how this failure has resulted in a weakening of U.S. constitutional order. The author states ...
Senate chairman demands search for e-mails of lawyers who worked on Bush interrogation policy A Senate committee chairman told the Justice Department on Friday to hunt for the missing e-mails of an attorney who provided legal justification for the Bush administration's harsh ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects used poor judgment but will not face punishment, according to a U.S. Justice Department report released on Friday.The department's Office of Professional Responsibility had originally found that ...
Ethics document will say Bush lawyers showed poor judgment but no misconduct Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed poor judgment but won't face sanctions for professional misconduct, according to ...
UNLV fellow, Bush memo author seeks to meet Titus WASHINGTON As criticism of federal appellate court Judge Jay Bybee mounts for authorizing harsh interrogation techniques as a Bush administration lawyer, the Nevada jurist has reached out to members of the states congressional ...
In some ways, the controversy concerning John Yoo and Jay Bybee - the former Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos sanctioning the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques, is dying down. The Justice Department earlier this week said it's nearing the completion ...
Bush administration attorneys who wrote terror memos face calls for dismissal, prosecutionPressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture. John Yoo, a constitutional law professor ...
Draft Justice report says no charges should be filed in terrorist interrogation memosJustice Department investigators say Bush administration lawyers who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects should not face criminal charges, according to a draft report that also recommends two of ...