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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 10:23 AM

    Jim White

    Thanks for that link--very heartening.

    But given that the OLC is all about keeping the president squeaky-clean in his activities (is that correct?), it seems possible that it might have little or nothing to do with going back to review and reveal what Bush's OLC (and other Bush executive shops) actually did. Yes, they might be helpful in producing evidence from OLC files for other investigators, but that would not be OLC's role.

    Great clip.

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