• Font Size    
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Groups Want Bush Lawyers Disbarred Over Torture

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +    Comments
May 18, 2009 7:21 am US/Pacific

Groups Want Bush Lawyers Disbarred Over Torture

House Speaker Says She Was Not Complicit In Waterboarding Of Terror Suspects

 CBS News Interactive: Gitmo Tribunals
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Two outside groups want Bush administration lawyers linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniques of detainees to lose their licenses to practice law.

Complaints were to be filed Monday against former attorneys general John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Stephen Bradbury. The complaints were being filed in the District of Columbia and four states - New York, California, Texas and Pennsylvania.

Memos by the Bush Justice Department contended that waterboarding - a form of simulated drowning - as well as sleep deprivation and other extreme techniques were legal under U.S. and international law.

The groups VotersForPeace.US and Velvet Revolution say the lawyers misused their licenses.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Add Comment

here. here. Need a log in? Register here
  •  * Will not be displayed with comment
  •  * e.g. (http://www.mywebsite.com)
  •  
  • Click here to refresh with new letters

Show Comments (0)

Close Window Login


Close Window Flag Comment


loading...

© MMIX Sacramento Television Stations Inc. All rights reserved.