Steven Bradbury

Events (27)

• October 4, 2001: Justice Department Issues Secret Opinion Regarding Interrogation Techniques 2001-10-04
• October 23, 2001: Justice Department Memo Says Bush Has Power to Order Military Strikes inside US 2001-10-23
• November 2, 2001: DOJ Issues Legal Opinion Directly Supporting Warrantless Domestic Surveillance 2001-11-02
• 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
• January 19, 2006: Justice Department Defends NSA Wiretapping Program 2006-01-19
• 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 8, 2007: Senator Asks Justice Department to Clarify Its Definition of ‘Humane Treatment’ under Geneva Conventions 2007-08-08
• 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
• October 6, 2008: Justice Department Invalidates 2001 Memos Claiming First, Fourth Amendments Irrelevant in War against Terror 2008-10-06
• January 15, 2009: OLC Repudiates Earlier Memos Claiming Unprecedented Presidential Powers 2009-01-15
• February 14, 2009: Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers 2009-02-14
• February 22, 2009: Justice Department Investigation Finds OLC Opinions Unacceptably Deficient 2009-02-22
• March 3, 2009: Law Expert: Memos Prove US a ‘Dictatorship’ for Last Seven Years of Bush Presidency 2009-03-03
• April 16, 2009: Blogger Comes Up with Footnote Showing 2005 Memo Proves Interrogators Exceeded Guidelines on Waterboarding 2009-04-16
• April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
• Before April 22, 2009: Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility Launches Probe of Bush Torture Memo Authors 2009-04-22
• April 23, 2009: Cheney’s Daughter Denies Interrogation Tactics Constitute Torture Because of Their SERE Derivation 2009-04-23
• February 2010: Justice Department Refuses to Recommend Sanctions against Bush Administration Officials Responsible for Authorizing Torture
• March 2005: Justice Department Official Finds VNRs Not Propaganda
• July 2007: President Bush Again Authorizes the CIA to Use Some Aggressive Interrogation Methods
• (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods