Federal judge orders DOJ to release Cheney CIA leak interview documents
October 3, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday ordered [order, PDF; memorandum opinion PDF] the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to release some files from its interview with former vice president Dick Cheney [BBC profile] over hi....... [more] 
Congressmen urge investigation into secret CIA anti-terrorism program
July 14, 2009
[JURIST] Members of Congress on Monday called for an investigation into a secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program designed to kill al Qaeda members. The call follows the recently publicized information that former vice-president Dick Cheney directly ordered [JURIST report] the CIA to withho....... [more]
Cheney ordered CIA to withhold secret program from Congress: report
July 12, 2009
[JURIST] Former vice-president Dick Cheney [JURIST news archive] directly ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] to withhold from Congress information on a counterterrorism program kept secret for eight years until it was terminated by current CIA director Leon Panetta [off....... [more]
Cheney defends Bush-era interrogation policies as lawful and necessary
May 22, 2009
[JURIST] Former US vice president Dick Cheney [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday defended national security policies [speech transcript] of the Bush administration. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) [organization website], Cheney criticized many of the security policies....... [more]
Federal court rules Cheney has discretion over preservation of records
January 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment on Monday in favor of Vice President Dick Cheney, giving Cheney broad discretion over which vice presidential records should be preserved. The lawsuit, initiated by....... [more]
Federal judge orders Cheney aide to testify in VP records lawsuit
November 3, 2008
'[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney to make herself available to be deposed in a case over preservation of vice presidential records. A Washington DC advocacy group,....... [more]
Federal judge directs Cheney to preserve disputed records
September 22, 2008
'[JURIST] A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction requiring US Vice President Dick Cheney to preserve all his official records pending resolution of a lawsuit alleging that his office has failed to maintain records as required by law. In....... [more]
House panel votes to subpoena Cheney aide on DOJ interrogation memo
May 6, 2008
'[JURIST] 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....... [more]
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