Name: John B. Bellinger, III

Born: March 28, 1960

Profession: Lawyer

GW Bush Administration Position:

• Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State of the United States (2005- Jan. 2009).
  
• Senior Associate Counsel to the President.
  
• Legal Adviser to the National Security Council at the White House (2001-2005).
  

War crime charge(s):

• Complicity in the commission of a war crime – torture, ill-treatment of detainees.
• Justified extended detentions in Guantanamo and transfer of prisoners to other countries (rendition).
• Crime against peace – planning and carrying out a war of aggression.
  
• Played key role in convincing British legal authorities of legality of 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Primary Association:

• currently unknown

Secondary Association:

• Council on Foreign Relations, 1777 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, 1-202-509-8400

More Information:

• 9-29-09 Profile: Jay S. Bybee
• 5-12-13 Former White House Lawyer: Drone Strikes Used as 'Guantanamo Alternative'

Note:

"The vast majority of the people who are in Guantanamo are being held under the typical laws of war¹."
" There is no international definition of what is cruel, humane, or inhumane²."

¹ (quoted in Feb 2006 Dept of Defense press release)

²(Interview with Frontline on May 4th 2007)