David Addington

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Full Name	David Addington
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1957(1957-01-22)
Age	67
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

David Addington Biography

David Addington is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on January 22, 1957 in Washington, D.C., United States. As is the norm for families with military personnel who are career The Addington family frequently moved and had periods in the time Jerry was assigned overseas and his family remained in the states. David was born in 2005 within Washington, DC, his father was sent in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Camp St. Barbara, South Korea; Colorado Springs, CO; Oakdale, PA in addition to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Young David was at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia during his father’s appointment as head of the US Military Training Mission, located in Dhahran. In this position the father, who was the senior Addington (promoted to brigadier general) was in charge of US instruction and initiatives for Royal Saudi Army, Navy, Air Force and National Guard. In the two years that the family was at Saudi Arabia, David Addington (then between the ages of 10 and 11 aged) was an undergraduate in the Dhahran Academy on the grounds of the US Consulate.

Addington served as assistant general counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1981 until 1984.

Addington was also a special assistant for legislative affairs to President Ronald Reagan for one year in 1987, before becoming Reagan’s deputy assistant. From 1989 to 1992, Addington served as special assistant to Cheney who was then the Secretary of Defense, before being appointed by President George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate as the Department of Defense’s general counsel in 1992. In 1993 and 1994, Addington was the Republican staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In 1994 and 1995, he headed a political action committee, the Alliance for American Leadership, set up to support Republican candidates for public office, with a principal focus on being a Presidential exploratory committee for Cheney, as the former Defense Secretary contemplated running for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination.

Further, it is alleged, at least during Cheney’s term as Secretary of Defense from 1989–93, that Addington and Cheney were deeply and eagerly interested in the US Continuity of Operations Plan (CO-OP), to be used in the event of a nuclear attack on the US (and first partially implemented after 9/11/01). This plan is alleged to provide “enduring Constitutional government” under a “paramount unitary executive” with “cooperation from” Congress and the several Courts. This deep and eager interest in the CO-OP was reported by the New Yorker to extend to drills where Cheney spent his nights in a bunker, perhaps that “secure undisclosed location” which he was said to occupy following 9/11. Apparently Addington has taken this interest to the point where “For years, Addington has carried a copy of the US Constitution in his pocket; taped onto the back are photocopies of extra statutes that detail the legal procedures for Presidential succession in times of national emergency …” perhaps, even a national emergency that involves the CO-OP.

Addington was a graduate of Sandia High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1974. He was accepted to the United States Naval Academy and began attending in the fall of 1974, however, he dropped out of the school during his freshman year. He graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., summa cum laude) and has an J.D. degree (with distinction) from the Duke University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1981.

David Addington Net Worth

David Addington is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Addington 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Spears Addington (born January 22nd 1957) is an American lawyer who was the legal advisor (2001-2005) and chief of staff (2005-2009) for Vice- President Dick Cheney. He was vice-president of economic and domestic research within The Heritage Foundation from 2010 until the year 2016.

Since his first day serving under Cheney, Addington was influential in a variety of policy areas. He gave advice and also wrote memos on the unpopular policies in Cheney’s Bush administration. His influence is evident in his extreme views on US policies on foreign affairs, something that he had apparently committed to as a teen during the latter part of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. Addington testified before the House Judiciary Committee testimony, Addington claimed that he employed three criteria when forming guidelines for his advice on the War on Terror: (i) adhere to The Constitution, (ii) within the law, take advantage of the options available to the President and (iii) provide legal protection of the intelligence and military personnel involved in counterterrorism.

From 1984 to 1987 he was counsel for the House committees on intelligence and foreign affairs. He served as a staff attorney on the joint US House–Senate committee investigation of the Iran-Contra affair as an assistant to Congressman Bill Broomfield (R-MI). Books and news articles have said that he was one of the principal authors of a controversial minority report issued at the conclusion of the joint committee’s investigation, which “defended President Reagan by claiming it was ‘unconstitutional for Congress to pass laws intruding’ on the ‘commander in chief.'” but in his opening remarks as he testified under subpoena before the House Judiciary Committee, Addington said that he had left the committee’s service before the minority report was written and had no role in it.

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During 21 years of federal service, Addington worked at the CIA, the Reagan White House, the Department of Defense, four congressional committees, and the Cheney Office of the Vice President. He was appointed to replace I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr. as Cheney’s chief of staff upon Libby’s resignation when Libby was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on October 28, 2005. Addington was described by U.S. News & World Report as “the most powerful man you’ve never heard of” in May 2006.

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Addington, along with other officials, was mentioned by title in I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr.’s indictment for five felony charges related to the Plame affair, regarding the leak of the identity of a CIA officer, and he testified at the Libby trial. A PBS Frontline documentary “Cheney’s Law” broadcast on October 16, 2007 detailed Addington’s key role in Bush administration policy making, and noted that he declined to be interviewed regarding his thoughts on the limits of executive privilege. On June 26, 2008, Addington appeared to testify under subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee along with former Justice Department attorney John Yoo in a contentious hearing on detainee treatment, interrogation methods and the extent of executive branch authority. This testimony was Addington’s only public statement during his eight years as Cheney’s vice presidential counsel and chief of staff.