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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 03:30 PM

    Another obituary for irony

    Office of Legal Counsel, which has become controversial because of its legal defense of practices bordering on torture.

    Was this taken from the Onion? Saying that waterboarding "borders on torture" is like saying that the Vatican City borders on Italy.

    —Frankly, my dear, ... Read Frankly, my dear, ...'s other letters

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