Whatever happened to David Addington?

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Who? David Addington

Did David Addington, Architect of the Bush Torture Policy, Out a CIA Agent to Save His Own Ass?

David Addington does not get much press, but I am starting to wonder if he decides what you read in the press. He used to be Dick Cheney’s Gonzo---his general counsel. Then, when Libby took a fall for the VP, Addington become Cheney’s chief of staff. I became interested in him when I began to suspect that he was the one who arranged for the NYTs to out a CIA agent whose crime was that he did not torture Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he only talked to him and got him to talk back. Or, as the NYTs Scott Shane so colorfully put it, he played a successful game of “good cop, bad cop”.

I repeat, David Addington

Cheney's Guy-Addington most powerful man you've never heard of...

The "invisible hand." Much of the criticism that has been directed at these measures has focused on Vice President Dick Cheney. In fact, however, it is a largely anonymous government lawyer, who now serves as Cheney's chief of staff, who has served as the ramrod driving the Bush administration's most secretive and controversial counterterrorism measures through the bureaucracy. David Addington was a key advocate of the Brown v. Board and more than 750 other signing statements the administration has issued since taking office--a record that far outstrips that of any other president.

Once again, David Addington

Why, he's having a swell time:

Fun with Dick and Lynne: The Cheneys team up to sell her new book on James Madison

By Roxanne Roberts, Published: May 13

The Dick and Lynne road show began with a standing ovation Monday evening from the audience at the American Enterprise Institute. The crowd, which included dozens of young conservatives and former Cheney staffers Scooter Libby and David Addington, would have been happy with either half of the Republican power couple. So they were delighted to watch the former vice president interview his wife about her latest biography, “James Madison: A Life Reconsidered.”

A Refresher: Warrantless Spying Was Blatantly Illegal

Frontline's new documentary about NSA spying is an important reminder of how Bush officials violated the Constitution.

Conor Friedersdorf May 14 2014, 10:41 AM ET

The PBS program Frontline has produced an exceptional documentary on NSA spying, beginning with the September 11 attacks and continuing right up to today. The whole thing is worth watching.

The recent history it presents is shocking, even if, like me, you were already aware of it. Frightened by terrorism, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, David Addington, Michael Hayden, and others conspired to spy on U.S. citizens without a warrant. Doing so was felony behavior.

This refresher on their actions persuades me anew that they deserved, and deserve, to be prosecuted for their actions and imprisoned for an appropriate duration. As well, these men violated their oath to defend and protect the Constitution.

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1. Addington and Cheney, traitors.

Blood all over their hands.

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2. Addington's also the architect of the illegal and unconstitutional spying and wiretapping

The excellent Frontline show the other day has a LOT on the legal framework (or illegal depending on your point of view) that Addington constructed to enable the unconstitutional spying after 9-11 (and beyond)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/united-states-of-secrets/