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| Torture memos author invited to testify |
| 2009-04-30 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has invited Judge Jay Bybee to testify before the panel regarding his role in writing several "torture memos". "By coming forward to testify, you will be able to explain your position with regard to these matters, including your involvement and your knowledge regarding how these memos were written and approved, what considerations went into that process, who was consulted in that process and the roles of various individuals," Leahy, D-Vt., said on Wednesday. Bybee served as Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003 before taking his seat on the 9th Circuit. He signed two controversial August 2002 memoranda that outlined legal rationales behind the torture memos. The Bybee memo, also known as "the torture memo" was a document prepared by the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in response to a CIA request to the White House. It was submitted on August 1, 2002 and officially titled Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, and Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Let the Witch Hunts Begin! How progressive of them. Ironic how our last witch hunts took place not far from this one. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-04-30 16:06 |
| #5 Bybee is no fool. He will get imunity for his testimony. On the stand he will take full accountability for the memo and screw the dems. OK, you can at least let me dream... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-04-30 15:33 |
| #4 "Bend over and smile, Jay." |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-04-30 15:02 |
| #3 At least Bybee had backbone back in the day. If Bybee is left out in the cold, he could flip burgers for a living with his head held high in my book. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-04-30 11:18 |
| #2 I'd invite Pat to take a fuckin hike. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-30 09:44 |
| #1 Bybee would be an idiot to agree to appear before Judiciary. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-04-30 09:35 |