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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's impressive new OLC chief

A law professor with a history of strident condemnation of Bush radicalism is named to one of the most important positions in the executive branch.

Glenn Greenwald

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Monday, January 5, 2009 09:40 AM

Bush, Yoo, and the willingness to move on.

I am very glad to see this appointment. Thanks to Glenn for providing details concerning her stance. Now let's see if there is a will to go where she wants the administration to go.

This morning, to my astonishment, the op ed page of the New York Times gave over a very large space to John Bolton and John Yoo to lecture President elect Obama concerning the Constitution and treaty power. While Bolton is bad enough as an intellectual fraud, to my knowledge he has not committed the crimes that Yoo has in providing legal cover for torture. What a sign of willingness to simply "move on." So I wrote to the Times basically the following:

I was interested to see that the New York Times has seen fit to give space to John Yoo, he of the infamous torture memos, to lecture the president elect on constitutional matters. What is next? Giving David Duke space to advice Obama on race relations?

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