Christy Hardin Smith at FireDogLake: EEOB Fire near David Addington's Office....

[Junkdrawer]

A fire broke out this morning in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (the EEOB), which sits adjacent to the WH and houses a number of key executive branch offices, including the OMB and a number of national security personnel. CNN reports that the fire may have broken out in an electrical closet adjacent to VP Cheney's ceremonial offices and the offices of David Addington. (To our readers in the EEOB, please stay safe. UPDATE: Fire officially out, per CNN.)

Coincidentally, I'm sure, Addington (as Cheney's proxy and chief right hand man) is in the news -- again -- this morning as one of four WH lawyers who allegedly were involved in discussions about the destruction of those CIA interrogation tapes.

Via emptywheel:

And it is in that context that I'm most interested in the scoop-we-already-knew the story reports--the news that David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, John Bellinger, and Harriet Miers all participated in discussions of the torture tapes after all, use of compartmentalization to gain legal authority for legally dubious acts has the all the hallmarks of David Addington's work. So I think this story is as much about how these White House lawyers operated to ensure the destruction of the terror tapes as it is about who.

http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/19/fire-at-the-eeob-as-wh-panics-and-tries-to-douse-cia-tape-destruction-heat/

So, when congress asks Addington for all memos discussing the destruction of the Torture Tapes...