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Events (167)
- January 20, 2001 and After: Cheney’s People Take Control of Large Areas of Bush Administration, Begin Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-01-20
- January 21, 2001: Bush Legal Team Ordered to Expand Presidential Power, Tighten Conservative Grip on Judiciary 2001-01-21
- August 21, 2001: Administration Breaks Precedent, Releases Edited Tapes of Private Conversations Between Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister 2001-08-21
- (After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Assembles Legal Team for Expanding Presidential Power 2001-09-11
- (After 1:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Government Lawyers Discuss the Legal Aspects of a War on Terror 2001-09-11
- After September 11, 2001: Cheney Lawyers and Justice Department Subordinates Drive White House Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-09-11
- Shortly After September 11, 2001: ’War Council’ Sets Legal Course for White House’s Response to Terrorism 2001-09-11
- October 23, 2001: Justice Department Memo Says Bush Has Power to Order Military Strikes inside US 2001-10-23
- October 23, 2001: Justice Department: Bush Can Suspend First Amendment Freedoms 2001-10-23
- January 10, 2002: Gonzales Falsely Claims Refusal to Provide Documents to Congress is Long-Standing Policy 2002-01-10
- January 11, 2002: OLC Sends Memo Regarding Authority of Government Officials, Agencies in Interpreting Treaties and International Law 2002-01-11
- January 11, 2002: Justice Department Sends Secret Memo on Geneva Conventions to White House 2002-01-11
- January 25, 2002: Powell, State Department Sidelined in Decision to Abandon Geneva Conventions in Interrogations 2002-01-25
- February 7, 2002: OLC Memo Supports White House Conclusion that Taliban Do Not Warrant Geneva POW Status 2002-02-07
- May 22, 2002: Gonzales Says Framers of Constitution Intended ‘Strong Presidency,’ but Is Accused of Misrepresentation 2002-05-22
- June 12, 2002: GAO Finds Minor Damage in White House during Clinton-Bush Transition 2002-06-12
- July 13, 2002: Administration, CIA Lawyers Discuss Zubaida Interrogation Plans 2002-07-13
- July 22, 2002: OLC: President Not Bound by Convention against Torture 2002-07-22
- August 1, 2002: OLC Chief Details Torture Techniques at CIA Request 2002-08-01
- September 25, 2002: Administration Lawyers Give ‘Green Light’ for Harsh Interrogations at Guantanamo 2002-09-25
- October 25, 2002: Pentagon General Counsel ‘Short-Circuits’ Approval Process of Harsh Interrogation Request 2002-10-25
- November 19, 2002: Bush Fires US Attorney Investigating Abramoff Lobbying Efforts 2002-11-19
- February 6, 2003 and After: Ashcroft Refuses to Promote Yoo to Head of OLC; Goldsmith Nominated 2003-02-06
- July 21, 2003: Hadley Offers to Resign Over ‘16 Words’ Controversy; White House Staffers Decide to Approach Issue with ‘Forthrightness,’ ‘Honesty’ 2003-07-21
- September 29, 2003: Bush Assures Press Secretary that Rove Not Involved in Plame Wilson Leak 2003-09-29
- September 29-30, 2003: White House Counsel Gonzales Waits 12 Hours before Informing Other Officials of FBI Investigation 2003-09-29
- September 30, 2003: White House Counsel Sends Follow-Up E-Mail Directing Employees to Preserve Documents 2003-09-30
- September 30, 2003: White House Orders Staff to Cooperate with FBI Investigation of Plame Wilson Identity Leak 2003-09-30
- October 3, 2003: White House Counsel Instructs Employees to Turn Over Documents by October 7 2003-10-03
- October 6, 2003: Jack Goldsmith Becomes Head of OLC; Immediately Fights to Limit Growing Power of Executive Branch 2003-10-06
- October 7, 2003: White House Counsel May Withhold Documents He Deems Not Relevant to Plame Wilson Investigation 2003-10-07
- October 10, 2003: White House Press Secretary Prepares for FBI Questioning in Leak Investigation, Agrees to Allow White House Lawyer to be Present during Interview 2003-10-10
- October 15, 2003: White House Counsel: ‘Inappropriate’ for Congress to ‘Direct President’s Management’ of White House in Plame Wilson Investigation Response 2003-10-15
- October 16, 2003: White House Provides ‘Ridiculous’ Briefing about Presidential Daily Briefs to 9/11 Commission 2003-10-16
- November 5, 2003-January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Attempt to Get Access to Detainees Fails 2003-11-05
- November 7, 2003: 9/11 Commission, White House Strike Deal on Access to Presidential Daily Briefs: Only One Commissioner and One Staffer Will See All of Them 2003-11-07
- December 5, 2003: White House Counsel Asks US Archivist to Step Down 2003-12-05
- January 22, 2004: Grand Jury Subpoenas White House Records 2004-01-22
- March 9, 2004: Cheney Leads Internal Battle for Approval of Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
- March 9, 2004: Cheney Blocks Promotion of Justice Department Official in Retaliation for Opposing Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
- March 10-12, 2004: Gonzales, Card Attempt to Pressure Hospitalized Ashcroft to Approve Secret Wiretapping Program 2004-03-10
- March 10, 2004: Cheney Briefs ‘Gang of Eight’ Congressional Leaders on Warrantless Wiretapping Program; Reportedly Misleads Them 2004-03-10
- March 11-16, 2004: OLC Clarifies Stance on Classified Foreign Intelligence Activities 2004-03-11
- March 18, 2004: OLC Says Certain People Not Granted ‘Protected Person’ Status if Captured in Iraq 2004-03-18
- March 19, 2004: OLC: ‘Protected Persons’ Subject to Rendition from Iraq 2004-03-19
- Morning, March 24, 2004: White House Helps Draft Lists of Questions 9/11 Commission Will Ask Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ 2004-03-24
- March 30, 2004: White House Makes Deal to Prevent Additional Public 9/11 Hearings for Bush Officials 2004-03-30
- April 29, 2004: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Privately Meet with 9/11 Commission; They Decline to Provide Testimony under Oath 2004-04-29
- May 17-18, 2004: Ashcroft Warns of ‘Immediate Attack’: Announcement Follows Bad News from Iraq 2004-05-17
- June 8, 2004: Powell, Rice Confront Gonzales over Secret Torture Memo 2004-06-08