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The president also submitted his choices to head several other divisions of the agency.
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ThinkFast: January 23, 2009
Think Progress —
... President Obama nominated David Kris, a former critic of Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program, to lead the Justice Department’s national security division. In late 2005, “Mr. Kris wrote a 23-page legal analysis that described as ‘weak’ and likely unsupportable some of the Bush administration’s key legal arguments in justifying the program.” ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis, too. * Have I mentioned how thrilled I am about the new team at the Justice Department? It keeps getting better . * There's something deeply wrong with Rep. ...
Obama Nominates NSA Wiretap Critic for DoJ
The BRAD BLOG —
Tea leaves?...
President Obama announced the nomination on Thursday of a former government lawyer, who had been critical of the legal rationale for the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, to lead the Justice Department’s national security division. ...
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