Timothy Flanigan
- Born 1953, Fort Belvoir, VA
- B.A. Brigham Young University, J.D. University of Virginia
- Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger
- 2001-2002, deputy White House counsel under Alberto Gonzales
- After leaving government in Dec 2002, worked as an attorney in industry and corporate law practice
Timothy Flanigan represented Bush in planning of torture policies
Literally from the day the towers collapsed, Tim Flanigan represented Bush’s White House in top-level meetings aimed at overcoming all limits on executive-branch authority; more specifically, he strategized with Cheney and Addington, often aided by John Yoo, to outflank Congress, the State Department, generals, and admirals whenever they attempted to intervene in such matters as detention, rendition, torture, and wiretapping. Flanigan’s work set up the bureaucratic and legalistic protection for programs of extreme interrogation, black sites, and indefinite detention.
Timothy Flanigan's primary goal was to protect war criminals
While Addington undertook the political hardball involved in these actions and Yoo contributed intellectual theorizing, Flanigan, as Gonzales's deputy in the Office of White House Counsel, worked mostly behind the scenes, looking out for Bush's interest. He took care that all paperwork was in order to keep the programs as secret as possible and to protect the President should the activity ever come to light.
| Salt Lake Tribune | LDS lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies by David R. Irvine, Brig. Gen., ret. |
| Washington Post | Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power by Barton Gellman and Jo Becker |
| Washington Post | A Different Understanding With the President by Barton Gellman and Jo Becker |
| Washington Post | Gonzales Helped Set the Course for Detainees: Justice Nominee's Hearings Likely to Focus on Interrogation Policies by R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan Eggen |
