Submit a Story!
Repudiating Bush legal counsel
This, from the executive order on interrogation, is pretty stark: The Order also prohibits reliance on any Department of Justice or other legal advice concerning interrogation that was issued between September 11, 2001 and January 20, 2009. Today's executive orders are after the jump.  ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

What He Signed
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel For the record, the text of today's executive orders after the jump: Executive Order regarding Guantanamo Bay detainees Executive Order requires closure of the Guantanamo detention center no later than one year from the date of the Order. Closure of the facility is the ultimate goal but not the first step. The Order establishes a review process with the goal of disposing of the detainees before closing the facility. The Order sets up an immediate review to determine whether it is possible to transfer ...

Related Content
Obama Reaches Out for McCain’s Counsel
nytimes.com 1/19/2009 — A former foe has become an adviser of sorts as part of a courtship that historians say has few modern parallels. >
Frightening Memos From the Office of Legal Counsel
washingtonpost.com 3/4/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
Bush's legal foes, Obama's legal team
politico.com 1/25/2009 — Obama is staffing the Justice Department with some of his predecessor’s fiercest critics, among them lawyers who were fired by Bush.
The New York Times > Washington > Bush Nominates His Top Counsel for Justice Post
nytimes.com 1/8/2009 — President Bush said he was confident that Alberto R. Gonzales would be "a steward of civil rights" as attorney general.