addington. in order to understand who david addington is, look back only as far as this former president, george w. bush. during his eight years in office president bush set knew and really quite radical standards for the use of executive power. president bush s view of his office is derived from something called the unitary theory of the executive, which basically amounts to i am the boss. and you re just congress or the courts or nobodys. same dif. the chief enforcer of the unitary executive theory in the george w. bush administration was of course the vice president, dick cheney. and the chief enforcer of the unitary executive theory for dick cheney was his top lawyer and later his chief of staff, david addington. whenever vice president cheney sought to expand the unreviewable power of the oval office, david addington was right there with him, and often leading the way. mr. addington wrote that it was okay for the u.s. to torture people suspected of terrorism. he argued that presid
george w. bush. during his eight years in office president bush set knew and really quite radical standards for the use of executive power. president bush s view of his office is derived from something called the unitary theory of the executive, which basically amounts to i am the boss. and you re just congress or the courts or nobodys. same dif. the chief enforcer of the unitary executive theory in the george w. bush administration was of course the vice president, dick cheney. and the chief enforcer of the unitary executive theory for dick cheney was his top lawyer and later his chief of staff, david addington. whenever vice president cheney sought to expand the unreviewable power of the oval office, david addington was
the debate over this is certain to continue, with the tax breaks first established under president bush set to expire at the end of this year. the second of four congressional hearings will take place on capitol hill today. in the growing scandal over wasteful spending by a government agency. current and former officials from the general services administration will face a new round of questioning this morning, over 2010 conference in las vegas. it follows a tense hearing yesterday where as nbc s lisa myers reports, questions about possible kickbacks and allegations of bribery came up. what happened in vegas ended up on capitol hill. and the gsa official in charge of the lavish conference, jeff neily, asserted his right to remain silent six times. mr. chairman, i respectfully decline to answer any questions here today based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. reporter: but neily seemed less reticent about his vegas
this was the pledge of president george w. bush in the days after 9/11 and he kept it in seven years of relentless, decisive action against the al qaeda network. and the white house reporter for the washington post. ann, good morning to you. thanks for joining us. thank you. how much credit does president obama owe president bush? there was information gained as controversy sal as it has been, you know what i m talking about, waterboarding there. president obama has mentioned him. he invited him to go with him to ground zero earlier this week. president bush declined. the intelligence gathering, the operations president bush set in motion, they are grateful president bush did so. there are a lot of partisans that president obama shouldn t get credit for anything,
uss kroal t cole to the thousas slaughtered in new york city, washington, d.c. and a field in pennsylvania on september 11th, 2001. joining me now with reaction a rudyr new york city mayor rue giuliani. a great day for america. a great day for america and a sense of vippe vindication aa sense of satisfaction that is this s a to describe sean man who real di really deserve. even though it doesn t bring your loved ones back there is a sense of fulfillment that justice has been done. one of the greatest things in all this and president bush said this and gro you said thie will find you, we will hunt you down, we will never give up and we will get you eventually. i think times when it takes this long you understand it better and it reminds me of