If money talks then George Allen is David Addington+óGé¼Gäós favorite elected official in America. Since 1999, David Addington - who helped craft Dick Cheney's torture policies - has given financial contributions to only one candidate for federal office. It appears that Virginia's very own George F. Allen is Addington's favorite man in Congress. Addington, also known as "Cheney+óGé¼Gäós hit man," has contributed a total of $2,950 to Virginia's junior Republican Senator.From the Federal Election Commission disclosure database:
ADDINGTON, DAVID
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
04/29/1999 $200.00
07/21/1999 $500.00
ADDINGTON, DAVID S. MR.
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION/ATT
BUSH, GEORGE W
VIA BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.
05/30/2000 $1000.00
ADDINGTON, DAVID
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
06/05/2000 $500.00
ADDINGTON, DAVID S MR.
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301
U.S. GOVERNMENT/ATTORNEY
BUSH, GEORGE W
VIA BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC
07/12/2004 $250.00
ADDINGTON, DAVID
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22301
US GOVERNMENT/ATTORNEY
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
08/30/2005 $250.00
03/29/2006 $250.00
David Addington is also David S. Addington and he +óGé¼+ôused+óGé¼-¥ to work for American Trucking Association and Holland and Knight LLP. The total contributions reported to the FEC are $2,950.00.
An additional $4,000 was donated to George Bush by associates at American Trucking Association
DOVE, STEPHEN
ARLINGTON, VA 22201
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
06/13/2000 $250.00
WHITTINGHILL, JIM
ARLINGTON, VA 22207
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
06/13/2000 500.00
MCCORMICK, WALTER
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22308
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
06/19/2000 500.00
COUGHLIN, SUSAN
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
06/19/2000 $500.00
HOLCOMB, RICHARD
ARLINGTON, VA 22207
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS INC
ALLEN, GEORGE
VIA FRIENDS OF GEORGE ALLEN
12/01/2003 $200.00
12/01/2003 $1800.00
06/30/2005 $250.00
So who is David Addington? U.S. News and World Report described him as +óGé¼+ôthe most powerful man you+óGé¼Gäóve never heard of.+óGé¼-¥ Until recently there were no known photos of David Addington. A single photo has surfaced; it's posted on a few websites including Wikipedia.
Addington is Dick Cheney+óGé¼Gäós chief of staff. It is reported that he worked with Alberto Gonzales to craft Cheney+óGé¼Gäós torture policies. Colin Powell stated, +óGé¼+ôIt+óGé¼Gäós Addington. He doesn+óGé¼Gäót care about the constitution.+óGé¼-¥ (Powell does not remember making this statement but Lawrence Wilkerson, his former top aide, confirms that he and Powell shared this opinion of Addington.)
Addington is also credited as the architect behind President Bush+óGé¼Gäós signing statements. It is said that he crafted the legal strategy to expand the powers of Vice President Dick Cheney. I think it may be impossible to differentiate between vice presidential and presidential powers under this new schema. Dick Cheney is undisputedly the most powerful VP in American history.
Addington is quite the man. According to a former-high ranking lawyer in the Bush Administration the Bush Administrations legal positions are +óGé¼+ôall Addington.+óGé¼-¥ Addington has pushed the +óGé¼+ôNew Paradigm,+óGé¼-¥ a strategy that states the President, in his Commander-in-Chief role, has the authority to disregard the law if national security demands it. This strategy makes secret detentions, renditions, torture and warrantless surveillance on American citizens possible. The majority of legal scholars state that the New Paradigm policies are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court appears to have knocked down the +óGé¼+ôNew Paradigm+óGé¼-¥ strategy in the recent Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision. As a result, it has been reported that the White House is scrambling to lobby Congress to pass new legislation that will grant them immunity from criminal prosecution for war crimes.
To me, David Addington is a very scary man. He appears to hold Congress in disdain and expressed this sentiment during a hearing about covert actions in Central America by muttering +óGé¼+ôassholes.+óGé¼-¥ This shows compatibility with +óGé¼+ôF--- Y+óGé¼GÇ¥+óGé¼+ô Dick Cheney.
All Virginians should research David Addington and question why George Allen is the one man he is known to financially support.
Sources:
The New Yorker. THE HIDDEN POWER: The legal mind behind the White House's war on terror.
Wikipedia on David Addington
Additional Links:
Answers.com on David Addington
Madsen Report on David Addington
and oh - passing a law doesn't solve a problem of unconstitutionality, but that never seems to bother people like him.
How frightening is it that we have an administration that is contemptuous of the law and our Constitution, but is so afraid they might be prosecuted for war crimes that they're already looking to weaken that law.
Looks like the War Criminal in Chief supports Allen. No surprise here.
This is why we have to taken Allen out now. America can not survive another term of someone this evil who supports Mr. Allen.
Guess who Allen may name Attorney General if hell freezes over and he is elected Prez.
David M...that's a brilliant thought...and very chilling!!
Buzz...Buzz...