David Addington
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David Addington | ||||||||||||||
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Born | David Spears Addington 1957-01-22 Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
Alma mater | Georgetown University, Duke Law School | |||||||||||||
Member of | Baker Donelson, Phi Beta Kappa | |||||||||||||
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In 2006 he was memorably termed "most powerful man you’ve never heard of".[1] Addington was a big proponent of some of Bush’s most notorious legal abuses, such as torture and warrantless mass surveillance, and is a loyal follower of the so-called unitary executive theory. In 2009 he was ranked #7 on a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever"[2]
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