911 Documents/Mukasey Subpoenaed

Found this posted on opednews, thought it might be interesting. It appears Attorney General Michael Mukasey has been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hard to say what will actually come of it, seeing the effectiveness of previous subpoenas such as to Karl Rove etc.. Of course, there's also executive privilege to get around. I see that in the first statement, it is requested that all documents be unredacted. The hearing is to take place November 18, 2008 at 10:00 am. Hopefully there will be some CSPAN coverage that can be posted. We'll see if there is any MSM coverage but I'm not holding my breath for any. Here is the list of documents being requested according to the subpoena:

1. To provide the Committee with all documents constituting the legal analysis and advice the
Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC") provided to any agency, office, entity,
or officer of the Executive Branch from September 11,2001 to the present, concerning the
Administration's national security practices and policies related to terrorism, and any related
document: including complete and unredacted versions of the following:
A. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, Re "Protected Persons" in
Occupied Iraq (March 18,2004).
B. Any final OLC memorandum or written legal advice concerning applicability of the Fourth
Geneva Convention in Iraq, including but not limited to Article 49, including any March 19,
2004 memorandum, Re: Applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention in Iraq, including but
not limited to Article 49.
C. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, and William 1. Haynes II,
General Counsel, Department of Defense ("DaD"), from John C. Yoo, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, OLC, Re: Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities
Within the United States (October, 2001).
D. Memorandum for Daniel Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs,
from John Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, OLC, Re: Applicability of 18 Us.e. §
4001 (a) to Military Detention of United States Citizens (June 27, 2002).
E. Memorandum for William J. Haynes II, General Counsel, DaD, from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant
Attorney General, OLC, Re: The President's Power as Commander in Chief to Transfer
Captured Terrorists to the Control and Custody of Foreign Nations (March 13, 2002).
F. Any finalized memorandum from the Department of Justice, Re: Liability of interrogators
under the Convention Against Torture and the Anti-Torture Act when a prisoner is not in U.S.
custody.
G. Memorandum for John Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, OLC, from James C. Ho,
Attorney-Advisor, OLC, Re: Possible Interpretations of Common Article 3 o.lthe 1949 Geneva
Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Feb. 1,2002), or any other finalized
memoranda or opinions provided by the OLC regarding the interpretation of Common Article 3
of the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
H. Memorandum for Alberto Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Patrick F. Philbin, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, OLC, Re: Legality o.lthe use ofmilitary commissions to try
terrorists (Nov. 6,2001).
1. Any and all legal advice issued by the OLC concerning written authorizations from the White
House of any Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") interrogation program or practice.
J. All lists, logs, or indices of any kind of any and all legal memoranda, letters, or opinions that were
issued by the OLC from September 11, 200 1 to the present, to provide legal advice to the White
House or any department or agency of the Executive Branch (including the Department of
Justice and its components) concerning the Administration's national security practices and
policies related to terrorism.

The full document can be found here:

http://judiciary.senate.gov/resources/documents/110Documents.cfm
http://judiciary.senate.gov/resources/documents/upload/10-21-08-OLC-Subpoena.pdf

Peace All

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