from SLATE's news summary (7/17/08): >The [Washington POST reports] that the White House got angry with former >Attorney General John Ashcroft when, in search of someone to lead the Justice >Department Office of Legal Counsel, he sent over a list of five candidates >that the administration didn't like. Although all the lawyers that Ashcroft >suggested were Republican, the White House wanted a definite loyalist who >would legally justify the continued use of harsh interrogation techniques. The >administration wanted Ashcroft promote John "torture memos" Yoo, but Ashcroft >refused. In the end, they chose a compromise that didn't work quite as planned >because the lawyer they chose challenged the administration and its >justifications for the coercive interrogation methods. The Post says this >information is another example of how Ashcroft "is coming to be viewed as a >voice of moderation on some of the most sensitive national security issues the >nation faced after Sept. 11."<
Ashcroft a moderate?!? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
