William Haynes II is a senior lawyer in Chevron’s general counsel office. But up until a few months ago, he was the Pentagon lawyer who helped authorize and craft a policy of torturing people detained by the American military. Yesterday, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee called him in to testify about when and how he approved the use of dogs, nudity, and other techniques during interrogations. And wouldn’t you know it, one of the sharpest legal minds in the country suddenly can’t remember a thing! According to the WaPo’s Dana Milbank, Haynes gave the following answers to questions from the public’s elected representatives:
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