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    • Top Bush aides directed torture from the White House

      Posted by Sandyenglish

      Speaking to the WSWS, Francis Boyle, a professor of international law and human rights at the University of Illinois, said, "Clearly this was criminal activity at the time they committed it. At the very least, it violated the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture, the War Crimes Act, and the federal anti-torture statutes. Clearly these would be impeachable offenses."

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    • Cheney aide is screening legislation

      Posted by Billbar from Boston Globe

      The officials said Cheney's legal adviser and chief of staff, David Addington , is the Bush administration's leading architect of the "signing statements" the president has appended to more than 750 laws. The statements assert the president's right to ignore the laws because they conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.

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      Cheney's Guy

      Posted by Billbar from US News

      He's barely known outside Washington's corridors of power, but David Addington is the most powerful man you've never heard of.

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