Lawyers target ex-Bush official

[kpete]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Lawyers target ex-Bush official

National Lawyers Guild wants sanctions against former Defense Department General Counsel William J. Haynes II for his role in prisoner abuse at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.

By Carol J. Williams
March 17, 2009

In an attempt to win sanctions against a former top Bush administration official over brutal interrogations of prisoners at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, a lawyers group deployed a strategy Monday that worked against Presidents Nixon and Clinton.

Former Defense Department General Counsel William J. Haynes II is the first of several former policy makers the National Lawyers Guild wants reprimanded, suspended or disbarred for their roles in detainee abuse, said Carlos Villarreal, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area guild chapter that filed a complaint against Haynes with the California Bar Assn.

Haynes, now an attorney with Chevron Corp. in San Ramon, “breached his duty as a lawyer” in providing legal cover for U.S. soldiers and federal agents to use dogs, nudity, stress positions and other humiliating tactics to break down terror suspects, the guild alleged.

Read more: http://articles.latimes.com/p/2009/03/17/news/me-torture17

[UpInArms]

1. when will Yoo and Gonzales get investigated for their roles?

and no, I'm not holding my breath

[Why Syzygy]

2. There you go!

It's something. k/r