A House Judiciary subcommittee today approved a subpoena for David Addington (pictured at right), chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, calling for the aide to testify during a hearing on the Bush administration's rules for interrogation techniques.
By a voice vote, members of the House Judiciary Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee approved the subpoena after hearing from witnesses who testified that today's national security threats did not warrant the interrogation techniques approved by the Bush administration.
"In future hearings we plan to hear from other key players in this process — including the vice president's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General [John] Ashcroft, and the author of several key legal memos, Professor John Yoo," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Michigan Democrat. "The subpoena that the subcommittee has just authorized for David Addington is thus a very welcome step and I look forward to hearing further testimony in this very disturbing matter."
— Carrie Sheffield, Web Editor, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
Okay, okay. This will be another example of the Vice President shielding himslef and the other wrong doers by sacrificing an underling. Then a magi=cal event will occut, a communtation or a pardon or a side trip to a foreign nation as a posting. The truth is not going to set you free, but it will get you waterboarded.
Posted by Russ Schmidt | May 7, 2008 9:43 AM
Okay, okay. This will be another example of the Vice President shielding himself and the other wrong doers by sacrificing an underling. Then a magical event will occut, a communtation or a pardon or a side trip to a foreign nation as a posting. The truth is not going to set you free, but it will get you waterboarded.
Posted by Russ Schmidt | May 7, 2008 9:44 AM
Still hunting for gobblins under the bed. Needs to just say thank-you and go away.
Posted by Bill | May 7, 2008 10:29 AM
A bit late and well overdue. If this is the best Conyers and Pelosi can do, we need new democrats to lead. These old dogs should get out of the way.
They are unfit for office and should have brought impeachment proceedings LONG ago.
Posted by Frank | May 12, 2008 12:29 PM