Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — HERE ARE some facts about Dawn E. Johnsen, President Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC): She is a graduate of Yale Law School, spent roughly five years as legal director of the abortion rights group now known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, worked for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –If you’re looking for any inkling of bipartisanship in Washington, don’t count on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 11-7 Thursday to confirm the nomination of Dawn E. Johnsen as Office of Legal Counsel for the Justice Department. All the Republicans voted against her except for Sen. Arlen Specter…
By AllGov Dawn E. Johnsen is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s use of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)-a key part of the Department of Justice that she once led on an interim basis during the Clinton presidency and has been asked to lead again. During her previous tenure at OLC, she advocated…
Obama is making some key legal appointments who are likely to reverse many substantial and controversial Bush policies. Here’s one of those people. By ERIC LICHTBLAU New York Times WASHINGTON – When Dawn Johnsen read a newly disclosed Justice Department legal opinion last April that blessed the president’s broad power to authorize rough interrogation tactics,…
By Alland Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – As expected, private attorney David Ogden, a former Justice Department lawyer under President Clinton, will be the nominee for Deputy Attorney General. President elect-Barack Obama made the announcement Monday morning. Obama also announced that he planned to nominate three other people from the Clinton administration to key posts: Elena…
