8/9/2019 Michael B. Mukasey Bar Complaint Addendum: Disbar
Torture Lawyers
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New York and Bronx Count
Departmental Disciplinary
61 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
Dear Sir or Madam:
On May 18, 2009, we filed aviolations of the rules of ethi
US and international law asthat complaint, several newpublic
domain that your com
1. On May 29, 2009, indiscussing torture of
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4. In addition to the aboresolution adopted by
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June 9, 2009
ies:
Committee for the First Department
Re: Complaint Against Michael B. Mukasey
bar complaint against the above named attornes by his advocacy
of torture, which is defined
violation of law, a felony and a war crime. Aftieces of
supporting information have been disclmittee should consider.
an interview with Fox News, General David Peetainees, said, When
we have taken steps that
onventions, we rightly have been criticized, so
portant to again live our values, to live the agr
nternational justice arena and to practice
those.rg/archive/2009/06/hbc-90005079 (Article and
neral Ricardo Sanchez, in an interview with Mon detainees,
constituted a war crime, and th
sary to address the institutional failure of tho
and accountability.
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Video)
ils relating to the OLC torture memos were releattached three
relevant emails as Exhibit A. In
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s succumbing to politicized pressure from the
memos in order to provide cover for the use ofGeneral James
Comey told AG Gonzales that t
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Torture Lawyers
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torture and any endorsement or authorization of such measures
by
government lawyers, officials and agents; Attached as Exhibit
B
The actions of the above attorney were essential to the use of
torture on detainees. All
dissenting voices in the military, intelligence and justice
agencies were pushed aside infavor of using a flawed statement of
the law to provide political cover for torture.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0spQ2dkNw
[2] What Went Wrong: Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in
the Bush
Administration -- Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on
AdministrativeOversight and the Courts; DATE: May 13, 2009; TIME:
10:00 AM; ROOM: Dirksen-
226
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3842
http://judiciary.senate.gov/webcast/judiciary05132009-1000.ram
[3] Ari Shapiro, Did White House OK Earliest Detainee Abuse?,
All Things
Considered, May 20,
2009.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104350361
