Scooter's replacement? David S Addington, worse than scooter

[Hubert Flottz]

David S. Addington

Primary Role in Bush Admin's POW Policies

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Former attorney general William P. Barr suggested to Gonzales's staff early on that those captured on the battlefield go before military tribunals instead of civil courts. But Ashcroft and Michael Chertoff, his deputy for the criminal division, both adamantly opposed the plan, along with military lawyers at the Pentagon. The result was that the process moved slowly."

"Addington was the first to suggest that the issue be taken away from the Prosper group and that a presidential order be drafted authorizing the tribunals that he, Gonzales and Timothy E. Flanigan, then a principal deputy to Gonzales, supported. It was intended for circulation among a much smaller group of like-minded officials. Berenson, Flanigan and Addington helped write the draft, and on Nov. 6, 2001, Gonzales's office secured an opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel that the contemplated military tribunals would be legal."


"The task of summarizing the competing points of view in a draft letter to the president was seized initially by Addington. A memo he wrote and signed with Gonzales's name -- and knowledge -- was circulated to various departments, several sources said. A version of this draft, dated Jan. 25, 2002, was subsequently leaked. It included the eye-catching assertion that a 'new paradigm' of a war on terrorism 'renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners." More...

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_S._Addington

Bush's first choice for Scooter's empty spot? * I think so, but we shall see...This guy was one of the shadowy Cheney crew who cooked up the mess that became Abu Ghraib.

[Canuckistanian]

1. Wow, that was quick

Hope he learns from his predecessor...

[valerief]

2. How many novels has he written?

[Hubert Flottz]

4. He wrote the torture memo!

Called the Geneva Convention Agreement Quaint...This guy is BAD News.

[still_one]

3. I am waiting to see if the dems in congress do their job

I will give them until monday, and if they are silent, screw them

[Kurt Remarque]

5. scooter, schmooter

we have an unsolved high crime in the white house

[Hubert Flottz]

7. This is another of Cheney's long time cronies like scooter.

Do a google search on him sometime.

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. Is this for sure?

?

[Hubert Flottz]

8. I heard Bush floated two names.

I don't remember who the other one was, but I'd read about Addington, so that name rang a bell. I hope it isn't the truth. I saw it on here early today, but I can't recall who posted it. The Addingtons gave Bush his biggest contribution in 2000. Almost a half million dollars.

Some of them strip mine coal and sell property here in WV and in Ky. They gave Bush a wad of money.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Kick, because Addington made Abu Ghraib happen.

:kick: