May 7, 2008 5:12

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This just in from the House Judiciary Committee:

Conyers Issues Subpoena to Addington

Washington, DC- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers issued a subpoena to David Addington, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, compelling him to testify before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on June 26 at 10 a.m. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo, who has agreed to testify voluntarily, will testify on that day as well.

A committee staffer tells me no date is set yet for former Attorney General John Ashcroft to testify, though he has agreed to. And in answer to what some of our commenters wanted to know after my earlier post on this subject, the staff member tells me that Conyers intends to ask Yoo, Addington and Ashcroft only about the Administration's policy toward interrogation of terrorism suspects--and whether they constitute torture. However, the staffer left open the possibility that other members would expand the questioning into areas like the Bush Administration's domestic surveillance program.

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Reader Comments (15)

TomT:

I am so uninterested in the Democrats wanting Addington and Yoo, because it is so bad for them. Because it shows business as usual, tit for tat, vengeance...That’s not what voters want to see.

Rick Stengel, Managing Editor of Time magazine.

Posted by TomT | May 7, 2008 5:48 PM

binxweimer:

this hearing won't be any different than any of the other hearings into areas that are problematic for bush.
the witnesses will simply refuse to answer delicate questions and the democrats will refuse to use whatever power they have to force them to answer those questions.
nothing will come of the hearings until democrats let everyone know that they mean business.
they will never get any information out of anyone until they start using their own congressional power to put people in handcuffs.
and that is not going to happen.
democrats don't have the guts.

Posted by binxweimer | May 7, 2008 5:50 PM

BrendanB:

These guys won't say anything incriminating. Yoo might squirm a bit, but Addington will just smirk his way through it and turn it back on the questioners. I hate Addington's guts, but from what I've read, he's probably smarter than most Congressmen.

Posted by BrendanB | May 7, 2008 6:36 PM

jose:

I'm in complete agreement with the above comments. This is going to be a waste of time that could be spent doing something useful.

Posted by jose | May 7, 2008 6:52 PM

QUESTION HILLARY

Nobody cares if our CIA slaps around some t-headed terror bombers.

But keep up the good work on the corn-oil-for-world-starvation issue, demlix.

Posted by QUESTION HILLARY | May 7, 2008 7:03 PM

QUESTION HILLARY

"These guys won't say anything incriminating. Yoo might squirm a bit, but Addington will just smirk his way through it and turn it back on the questioners. I hate Addington's guts, but from what I've read, he's probably smarter than most Congressmen."

If aiding & abetting the enemy were energy, Conyers would be Enron.

Posted by QUESTION HILLARY | May 7, 2008 7:08 PM

QUESTION HILLARY

"If aiding & abetting the enemy were energy, Conyers would be Enron."

Correction: I meant Exxon.

The good oil company.

Posted by QUESTION HILLARY | May 7, 2008 7:10 PM

GySgt213:

KT: Thanks for following up on this and providing updates.

Posted by GySgt213 | May 7, 2008 7:27 PM

jayackroyd

Marcy Wheeler has said, repeatedly, that Addington has no filter for his speech. He apparently honestly thinks that what he has done is just fine, and is perfectly happy to say things that people would normally not admit to.

This could be very interesting.

Posted by jayackroyd | May 7, 2008 8:11 PM

Paul Dirks

Conyers intends to ask Yoo, Addington and Ashcroft only about the Administration's policy toward interrogation of terrorism suspects--and whether they constitute torture.

This was probably helpful in getting them to testify without (except 1) subpeonas. Even though both issues revolve around the incredible claims put forth by Yoo and Addington regarding Presidential perogatives during wartime, and even though the torture issue involves significantly more moral outrage, the fact is that the FISA issue is a clearer violation of the law. The arguments against detainee abuse rely more on international norms and can be more easily argued away.

The warrantless eavesdropping on the other hand was more clearly and unambigiously illegal at the time it was ordered.

I guess Conyers is satisfied that the telecom immunity issue is sufficienly far on the back-burner that he needn't press the issue.

Posted by Paul Dirks | May 7, 2008 10:24 PM

four legs good:

Won't they just lie?

One thing this administration has done is make me completely cynical about elected (or appointed officials) ever telling the truth under oath.

Posted by four legs good | May 7, 2008 10:55 PM

Terrapinion:

four legs good raises an excellent point. Can we even be certain that they will be placed under oath let alone tell the truth? Wasn't there a hearing where the Republicans prevented the witnesses from being placed under oath? I forget who that was - oil companies or something?

Meanwhile, Karl Rove remains not in jail.

Posted by Terrapinion | May 7, 2008 11:18 PM

QUESTION HILLARY

CIA slaps around some sick terror bombers?

LIBERAL OUTRAGE !!!

Tom Harkin eco-fuels the MASS STARVATION of millions, but for the sake of his corn-fed corporative progressive hucksters at the DNC?

Not even a whimper from Fancy Leftosi's earmarking pigs in Congress.

What IS is.

Posted by QUESTION HILLARY | May 8, 2008 6:04 AM

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