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Yoo: I Defended 'Torture Memos' for Obama's Sake

Rob Quinn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:14:00 CST

The Bush administration lawyer who authored memos blessing harsh interrogation techniques and warrantless wiretaps says he's been defending himself in order to help...President Obama. The president "may not realize it, but I may have just helped save his presidency," by winning a fight "to protect his powers as commander...

DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos

Harry Kimball — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:00 CST

The Department of Justice is probing its own legal approval of waterboarding for the CIA, the New York Times reports. DOJ ethics chief H. Marshall Jarrett confirmed today that his office is conducting the first public inquiry of the 5-year-old advice and may issue a non-classified report when it is...

AG Mukasey Sics Justice Probers on Wiretap Program

Peter Fearon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:00:00 CST

New Attorney General Michael Mukasey has named the Justice Department 's first investigative target: the Justice Department. Mukasey has reopened an internal probe of the role played by the agency's own attorneys in the controversial post-911warrantless wiretap program, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move is a key signal that...