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Spain judge seeks US government response to Guantanamo abuse allegations
January 28, 2011 by John Paul Putney
Spanish judge Eloy Velasco on Friday set a March 1 deadline for the US government to indicate whether Guantanamo abuse allegations will be investigated by US lawyers before deciding whether to allow a controversial lawsuit against former Bush administration officials to move forward. The lawsuit,.... [more]
Great Britain's first income tax introduced [this day at law]
January 9, 2010 by JURIST Staff
On January 9, 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced Great Britain's first income tax. The tax was announced the previous December as a means of raising money for war against Napoleon. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington repealed the tax when hostilities subsided in 1802. Addington.... [more]
Spain judge seeks Guantanamo 'torture' prosecution plan from US
May 6, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
A Spanish judge has said that he will ask the US if it plans to prosecute six US officials for allegedly contributing to torture at Guantanamo Bay before deciding whether to open an investigation in Spain. Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain's Audiencia Nacional on Monday requested information from the....... [more]
The Yoo and Addington Hearings: A Citizen's Right to Know NOW [op-ed]
June 27, 2008 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that in the face of disconcertedly-vague and incomplete recollections by Cheney chief of staff David Addington and former DOJ lawyer John Yoo, other officials who witnessed the development of the Bush.... [more]
House panel votes to subpoena Cheney aide on DOJ interrogation memo
May 6, 2008 by Mike Rosen-Molina
The US House Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted to issue a subpoena to compel Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington to testify about a recently released Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum that advised the US Department of Defense that military interroga....... [more]
White House lawyers took part in debate on destroying CIA interrogation videos: NYT
December 19, 2007 by Jeannie Shawl
At least four White House lawyers participated in discussions about whether the CIA should destroy videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects, the New York Times reported Wednesday. It had previously been reported that Harriet Miers, who became White House counsel in 2005, had.... [more]
Cheney urged NSA to wiretap domestic calls, emails without warrants: NYT
May 14, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
US Vice President Dick Cheney and his legal advisor and current chief of staff David S. Addington argued after Sept. 11 that the National Security Agency should listen in on domestic phone calls and emails without warrants, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing two senior intelligence.... [more]
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