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Torture memos author invited to testify
[Iran Press TV Latest] Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has invited Judge Jay Bybee to testify before the panel regarding his role in writing several "torture memos". "By coming forward to testify, you will be able to explain your position with regard to these matters, including your involvement and your knowledge regarding how these memos were written and approved, what considerations went into that process, who was consulted in that process and the roles of various individuals," Leahy, D-Vt., said on Wednesday. Bybee served as Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003 before taking his seat on the 9th Circuit. He signed two controversial August 2002 memoranda that outlined legal rationales behind the torture memos. The Bybee memo, also known as "the torture memo" was a document prepared by the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in response to a CIA request to the White House. It was submitted on August 1, 2002 and officially titled Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, and Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-30 |
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