House panel votes to subpoena Cheney aide on DOJ interrogation memo
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] The US House Judiciary Committee [official website] Tuesday voted to issue a subpoena to compel Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington [US News profile] to testify about a recently released Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum [text; JURIST report].... [more] 
Top White House officials approved harsh interrogation methods: reports
April 11, 2008
[JURIST] US Vice President Dick Cheney and other top White House officials approved controversial interrogation methods, including waterboarding [JURIST news archive], in secret meetings, AP reported Friday. An unnamed former senior intelligence official confirmed an earlier ABC News report [text].... [more]
US House panel asks Mukasey to obtain CIA leak documents
December 4, 2007
[JURIST] US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) [official website] has asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to help the committee obtain transcripts of interviews with US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and five other White House aides.... [more]
Australia foreign minister denies interference with Hicks plea bargain
October 23, 2007
[JURIST] Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer [official profile] Tuesday denied allegations that the Australian government was involved in negotiating the plea bargain [JURIST report] of former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive], refuting a report [text] in Harper's.... [more]
Capitol protesters arrested while calling for Bush, Cheney impeachment
July 23, 2007
[JURIST] Avid anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan [Wikipedia profile] and 45 other protesters were arrested Monday at the US Capitol in Washington, DC after refusing to leave the office and hallway of Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) [official website] while calling for the impeachment of both President.... [more]
Democratic senator urges censure of Bush over 'attack on rule of law' and Iraq war
July 23, 2007
[JURIST] US Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) [official website] Sunday announced his intention to introduce two censure resolutions [press release] against President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and other administration officials, saying that the formal condemnation is necessary because of.... [more]
Cheney ignoring executive order on classified info oversight: House panel
June 22, 2007
[JURIST] US Vice President Dick Cheney has exempted his office [press release] from Executive Order 12958 [PDF text] as amended by Executive Order 13292 [text], which requires executive branch officials to submit annual reports to the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) [official website].... [more]
Federal court urged to dismiss Plame CIA leak lawsuit
May 17, 2007
[JURIST] A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney urged a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit [complaint, PDF; JURIST report] brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame [WP profile] against members of the Bush administration, arguing that the lawsuit is based on "fanciful claims." Plame filed.... [more]
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