Imagine a fanatic in the mold of Dick Cheney but without the vice presidentâs sense of humor.
She quotes a colleague as saying of Mr. Addington: âNo one stood to his right.â Colin Powell, a veteran of many bruising battles with Mr. Cheney, was reported to have summed up Mr. Addington as follows: âHe doesnât believe in the Constitution.â
Very few voters are aware of Mr. Addingtonâs existence, much less what he stands for. But he was the legal linchpin of the administrationâs Marquis de Sade approach to battling terrorism.



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