http://www.truthout.org/article/addington-yoo-dodge-questions-tortureThursday 26 June 2008
by: Christopher Kuttruff, t r u t h o u t | Report
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David Addington, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, wait to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday on the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
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John Yoo and David Addington testified Thursday before a House Judiciary subcommittee regarding their contributions to legal opinions supporting the Bush administration's interrogation program. Yoo is a former deputy assistant attorney general and Addington is chief of staff to Vice President Cheney. Addington and Yoo have become known for their often-unconventional interpretation of jurisprudence as it applies to the executive branch of government. Both figures, especially Addington, are firm advocates of an expansive "unitary executive."
While Addington mocked the term during his testimony, both Yoo and Addington firmly believe that the president's executive powers should not be infringed upon by Congress.