John Bellinger
Events (15)
- After 10:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House and Pentagon Lawyers Consider the Legality of Shooting Down a Commercial Aircraft 2001-09-11
- September 25, 2001: OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US 2001-09-25
- November 15, 2001: OLC Lawyers Assert Bush Can Unilaterally Amend ABM Treaty with Russia 2001-11-15
- January 18-25, 2002: White House National Security Counsel Cut out of Decision-Making Process Regarding Abandonment of Geneva Conventions 2002-01-18
- March 19, 2004: OLC: ‘Protected Persons’ Subject to Rendition from Iraq 2004-03-19
- April 8, 2004: Condoleezza Rice Testifies before the 9/11 Commission 2004-04-08
- October 28, 2005: Addington Becomes Cheney’s Chief of Staff 2005-10-28
- December 30, 2005: Cheney, Addington Rewrite Bush Signing Statement on Detainee Treatment Act 2005-12-30
- January 22, 2009: Obama Orders Closure of Guantanamo and CIA Prisons 2009-01-22
- February 16, 2009: Attorney: Handling of Al-Marri Case Will Signal Obama’s Approach to Terrorist Detentions 2009-02-16
- April 26, 2009: CIA Never Conducted Assessment of Effectiveness of Torture Techniques, Press Learns 2009-04-26
- (2003-2004): Three White House Officials Asked about Destruction of CIA Interrogation Tapes, Response Unclear
- June 2005: State Department Adviser Challenges Legal Justifications for Torture
- July 2003: Top White House Officials Briefed on Torture Techniques
- February 2009: National Security Council Legal Adviser: Decision to Create Military Commissions a ‘Process Failure’ with Serious Long-Term Ramifications