Administration Wanted Loyalist As Justice Dept. Legal Adviser
Top Officials Sought to Defend Interrogation Practices
Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in early 2003, but top administration officials summarily rejected them in favor of installing a loyalist who would provide the legal footing needed to continue coercive interrogation techniques and broadly interpret executive power, according to two former administration officials. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
