Read more Jay Bybee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39908/jay-bybee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58269/bush-lawyers-face-calls-for-dismissal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has signaled it won't prosecute the Bush administration lawyers who approved interrogation tactics widely considered to be torture, but they may have trouble keeping their jobs. A forthcoming report from the DoJ will recommend possible disciplinary action by state bar associations for the Bush lawyers, sources tell...http://www.newser.com/story/58269/bush-lawyers-face-calls-for-dismissal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 7:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush lawyers who gave their blessing to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques should not face criminal charges, a Justice Department report has concluded. The report does, however, say that Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury showed poor judgment and suggests that state bar associations consider reprimands and...http://www.newser.com/story/58153/bush-lawyers-unlikely-to-face-criminal-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 18:56:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York . Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in...http://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57421/house-dems-want-to-impeach-judge-for-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats may start a constitutional confrontation over the fate of Judge Jay Bybee, and there’s nothing anybody—not even lukewarm President Obama—can do to stop them, reports Politico. As liberal think-tanker John Podesta argues, Bybee “authorized things that were illegal under US law” when he wrote memos endorsing...http://www.newser.com/story/57421/house-dems-want-to-impeach-judge-for-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 9:43:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57193/bybee-rues-signature-on-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJay Bybee has told friends and colleagues that he regrets his role as one of the authors of the so-called torture memos, the Washington Post reports. Most notably, Bybee, who's now a federal judge, signed off on the 2002 memo that authorized waterboarding. "I've heard him express regret at the...http://www.newser.com/story/57193/bybee-rues-signature-on-torture-memos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 14:00:29 CDT