Office Of Legal Counsel
Events (124)
- March 30, 2004: Justice Department Considers Terrorist Surveillance Program 2004-03-30
- May 18, 2004: OLC Sends Memo Pertaining to Detainee Treatment Act 2004-05-18
- June 17, 2004: Jack Goldsmith Resigns as Head of OLC after Bruising Fight over Executive Powers 2004-06-17
- June 22, 2004: Gonzales, Haynes Attempt to Blame Guantanamo Officials for Torture, Legal Justifications 2004-06-22
- June 22, 2004: Justice Department Officials Explain Withdrawal of Torture Memos 2004-06-22
- July 16, 2004: OLC Discusses Ramification of Supreme Court Decision with Attorney General 2004-07-16
- August 9, 2004: OLC Chief Sends Draft Opinion on Classified Intelligence Collection Activity 2004-08-09
- December 6, 2004: OLC Chief Advises Superior on Advice Given to Detainees by Defense Counsel 2004-12-06
- January 7, 2005: Yale Law School Dean Questions Justice Department’s Ethics, Legality 2005-01-07
- May 10, 2005: OLC: Past, Present Interrogation Methods Not Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading 2005-05-10
- May 10, 2005: Second OLC Memo Finds that Torture Techniques Used in Combination Do Not Violate US Law, Requires Emergency Tracheotomy Kit during Waterboarding 2005-05-10
- May 30, 2005: OLC Sends Secret Memo Regarding Interrogation Methods 2005-05-30
- June 23, 2005: Bradbury Becomes Head of Office of Legal Counsel, Turning Office into White House Rubber Stamp 2005-06-23
- October 28, 2005: Addington Becomes Cheney’s Chief of Staff 2005-10-28
- January 9, 2006: Legal Expert Dismisses Yoo’s Arguments for ‘Post-9/11 Constitution’ 2006-01-09
- January 9-13, 2006: Alito Dodges Questions about His Support for ‘Unitary Executive’ Theory 2006-01-09
- June 27, 2006: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Use of Signing Statements 2006-06-27
- July 12, 2006: Bush Administration Agrees to Follow Geneva Conventions with All Al-Qaeda Suspects in US Custody 2006-07-12
- August 23, 2006: National Archives Makes Second Request for Cheney to Obey Law 2006-08-23
- January 10, 2007: CIA Provides Further Details of Memos Authorizing Detention, Interrogation in ‘Black Sites’ 2007-01-10
- April 27, 2007: Goldsmith Subpoenaed in New York Times Wiretapping Leak Case 2007-04-27
- August 8, 2007: Senator Asks Justice Department to Clarify Its Definition of ‘Humane Treatment’ under Geneva Conventions 2007-08-08
- September 9, 2007: Goldsmith Details Dissension over Civil Liberties Policies at Justice Department 2007-09-09
- October 2, 2007: Goldsmith Testifies about Controversy over Wiretapping Program 2007-10-02
- October 2, 2007: Goldsmith Testifies that Bush Sent White House Aides to Pressure Ashcroft 2007-10-02
- October 4, 2007: White House Denies Justice Department Authorized Torture 2007-10-04
- October 16, 2007: Democrats Urge Bush to Withdraw Bradbury From Consideration as Office of Legal Counsel Chief 2007-10-16
- February 14, 2008: Waterboarding Not Torture, Says OLC Chief; Not Equivalent to What Was Done During Spanish Inquisition 2008-02-14
- April 1, 2008: 2003 Torture Memo Obtained by ACLU 2008-04-01
- April 2, 2008: ACLU Calls on Justice Department to Release October 2001 Memo Nullifying Fourth Amendment 2008-04-02
- April 17, 2008: Justice Department Investigating Propriety of 2003 John Yoo Torture Memo 2008-04-17
- April 28, 2008: Pentagon Propaganda Operation Illegal by Congressional Law, GAO, and Justice Department Findings, But No Action Taken 2008-04-28
- May 27, 2008: CIA Documents Detail Use of Waterboarding 2008-05-27
- July 24, 2008: CIA Documents Prove Use of Brutal Torture Methods against Detainees 2008-07-24
- October 6, 2008: Justice Department Invalidates 2001 Memos Claiming First, Fourth Amendments Irrelevant in War against Terror 2008-10-06
- November 2, 2008: Court Orders Justice Department to Turn Over Legal Documents Relating to NSA Wiretapping Program 2008-11-02
- December 18, 2008: Cheney: 33 Terror Suspects Subjected to Enhanced Interrogation, Three Waterboarded 2008-12-18
- January 15, 2009: OLC Repudiates Earlier Memos Claiming Unprecedented Presidential Powers 2009-01-15
- January 20, 2009: Critic of Bush Policies Joins Office of Legal Counsel 2009-01-20
- February 2, 2009: Attorney General Nominee Says He Will Review Bush Uses of ‘State Secrets’ Privilege, Curtail Use in Obama Administration 2009-02-02
- February 22, 2009: Justice Department Investigation Finds OLC Opinions Unacceptably Deficient 2009-02-22
- March 2, 2009: Justice Department Releases Bush-Era Memos Claiming Extraconstitutional Powers for President 2009-03-02
- March 3, 2009: Law Expert: Memos Prove US a ‘Dictatorship’ for Last Seven Years of Bush Presidency 2009-03-03
- March 4, 2009: Law Experts ‘Stunned’ by Bush-Era Justice Department Memos 2009-03-04
- March 17, 2009 and After: Republicans Fighting to Block Obama’s Choice to Head Justice’s OLC 2009-03-17
- April 16, 2009: ACLU Demands Criminal Investigation of Bush Administration Officials for Torture Policies 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Blogger Comes Up with Footnote Showing 2005 Memo Proves Interrogators Exceeded Guidelines on Waterboarding 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Newly Released CIA Memo Inadvertently Reveals Information about ‘Ghost’ Detainee Ghul 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
- April 20, 2009: Cheney Calls for Declassification of Documents Showing Results of Torture 2009-04-20