Office Of Legal Counsel
Events (124)
- April 21, 2009: Democrats Say They Want to Impeach Judge Who Wrote Torture Memos 2009-04-21
- April 21, 2009: Former State Department Adviser Reveals Secret Memo Challenging Bush Administration’s Legal Justifications for Torture 2009-04-21
- April 28, 2009: Former OLC Head Defends Work on Torture Memos as ‘Good Faith Analysis’ of Law 2009-04-28
- August 24, 2009: Attorney General Names Special Prosecutor to Investigate Allegations of CIA Torture 2009-08-24
- January 23-Late January, 2003: Navy General Counsel Shocked at Justice Department Torture Memo
- January 1988: Appeals Court Rules Independent Counsel Law Violates ‘Doctrine of a Unitary Executive’
- February 2010: Justice Department Refuses to Recommend Sanctions against Bush Administration Officials Responsible for Authorizing Torture
- February 1996: Clinton Administration Refuses to Challenge Congress via Signing Statements
- March 2005: Justice Department Official Finds VNRs Not Propaganda
- April 2002: Administration Attorneys Discuss Plans to Interrogate Zubaida
- June 2005: State Department Adviser Challenges Legal Justifications for Torture
- July 2004: CIA Requests Second White House Authorization for Harsh Interrogation Tactics
- July 2007: President Bush Again Authorizes the CIA to Use Some Aggressive Interrogation Methods
- August and November 2007: Prisoner Held by CIA Forced to Stay Awake for Five and Six Days Straight
- October 1985: Justice Department Official Advocates Increased Use of Presidential Signing Statements
- November 1993: Clinton Justice Department Official Defends Use of Signing Statements
- (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods
- Mid-May, 2002: CIA Proposes Waterboarding of Zubaida to Senior Administration Officials
- April 2002 and After: Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques
- December 2003-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Withdraws Torture Memos
- January-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Battles Cheney Aide Over Detention of Terror Suspects
- February 2004: Contempt for FISA in White House Astonishes OLC Head Goldsmith
- Late 2003-2005: Some at Justice Department Oppose Bush Administration Civil Liberties Policies
- Late 2003-Early 2004: Office of Legal Counsel Head Goldsmith Reviews Legality of NSA Wiretapping Program, Declares It Illegal