Cheney’s Right-hand Man, 16x20 oil on canvas, Sandra Koponen © 2015OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTDavid Addington, Counsel to the Vice PresidentJan. 20, 2001 - Oct. 30, 2005Chief of Staff to the Vice President,Oct. 31, 2005 - Jan. 20, 2009Like his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, Addington appears to have had a hand in virtually every aspect of the Bush administration’s torture program. He opposed recognizing the rights of detainees under the Geneva Conventions. He played a major role in shaping the August 2002 torture memos. And he reportedly influenced the course of interrogations taking place at Guantanamo Bay during a September 2002 visit with senior administration lawyers. More generally, and as a member of the self-styled “War Council” composed of top Bush administration lawyers, Addington plotted the legal strategy of the Bush administration in its “war on terror.” Addington also reportedly sought to exclude military service lawyers who would object to that strategy, including torture and other rights violations from Bush administration deliberations.**https://www.aclu.org/files/accountability/torturers3.swf

Cheney’s Right-hand Man, 16x20 oil on canvas, Sandra Koponen © 2015

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

David Addington, Counsel to the Vice President

Jan. 20, 2001 - Oct. 30, 2005

Chief of Staff to the Vice President,Oct. 31, 2005 - Jan. 20, 2009

Like his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, Addington appears to have had a hand in virtually every aspect of the Bush administration’s torture program. He opposed recognizing the rights of detainees under the Geneva Conventions. He played a major role in shaping the August 2002 torture memos. And he reportedly influenced the course of interrogations taking place at Guantanamo Bay during a September 2002 visit with senior administration lawyers. More generally, and as a member of the self-styled “War Council” composed of top Bush administration lawyers, Addington plotted the legal strategy of the Bush administration in its “war on terror.” Addington also reportedly sought to exclude military service lawyers who would object to that strategy, including torture and other rights violations from Bush administration deliberations.*

*https://www.aclu.org/files/accountability/torturers3.swf