William J. Haynes II
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William James "Jim" Haynes II is an American lawyer and was General Counsel of the Department of Defense during much of 43rd President George W. Bush's administration and his war on terror. Haynes res
William J. Haynes, II in 2001
Haynes sworn in the incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers at The Pentagon on October 1, 2001.
Haynes official Portrait during his tenure as United States Department of Defense General Counsel.
Torture Memos
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A set of legal memoranda known as the "Torture Memos" were drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed in August 2002 by Assistant Attorney General Jay S.
William J. Haynes II
…November 2002, Haynes wrote a memo for Rumsfeld concerning interrogation techniques to be used at Guantanamo Bay. This followed what were known as the Torture Memos of August 2002, largely written by Yoo and issued by the Office of Legal Counsel to the CIA and DOD, with two signed as well by Jay S. Bybee. These…
John Yoo, who drafted the Torture Memos
Steven G. Bradbury (2017), former head of the Office of Legal Counsel under George W. Bush
The January 9, 2002 memo draft