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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.
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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 03:01 PM

    OT --- Party at the Hoover Building

    From the Agitator:

    Bruce Mirken sends this summary of items seized by various DOJ agencies in 2008 that have been “placed into official use.”

    The FBI apparently found official uses for $120,000 in seized jewelry and $134 in pornography.

    Weirder, the U.S. Postal Service apparently found an “official use” for one dollar’s worth of pornography.

    The list is here:

    http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/2008affr/report3.htm

    or click sig

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