Showdown Looms Over Cheney Staffer

VP battling House subpoena for key aide on interrogation policy
By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff
Posted May 7, 2008 10:13 AM CDT
Showdown Looms Over Cheney Staffer
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers says he will subpoena Dick Cheney's chief of staff to testify on interrogation techniques.    (AP Photo)

Whether a key Dick Cheney aide can be forced to testify is at the heart of a pending blow-up between Congress and the White House over a probe into interrogation techniques, Reuters reports. The House Judiciary Committee plans to subpoena Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington—but the vice president insists Addington, a key interrogation-policy player, can't be forced to testify.

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and John Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general, have already agreed to appear. "In view of the many reports that Mr. Addington played a key role in shaping interrogation policy and drafting legal memos on the subject, it is very important to hear from him," said the head of the committee. (More harsh interrogation stories.)

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