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PEBO Names Justice Appointees
January 05, 2009 11:45 AM
President-elect Barack Obama this morning named four nominees to serve in the Department of Justice: David Ogden, Deputy Attorney General; Elena Kagan, Solicitor General; Tom Perrelli, Associate Attorney General; and Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.
“These individuals bring the integrity, depth of experience and tenacity that the Department of Justice demands in these uncertain times. I have the fullest confidence that they will ensure that the Department of Justice once again fulfills its highest purpose: to uphold the Constitution and protect the American people. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”
A couple notes on two of these appointments:
1) If she's confirmed by the Senate, Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan will be the first woman to serve as a Solicitor General. (Though from January to June 2001, Barbara Underwood served as Acting Solicitor General.)
2) PEBO's nominee for Assistant AG for the Office of Legal Counsel, Dawn Johnsen -- a former legal director for NARAL -- has written scathingly about former Bush DOJ official John Yoo's 2002 "torture memo."
"Where is the outrage, the public outcry?! " Johnsen wrote in Slate. "The shockingly flawed content of this memo, the deficient processes that led to its issuance, the horrific acts it encouraged, the fact that it was kept secret for years and that the Bush administration continues to withhold other memos like it--all demand our outrage."
Johnsen hammered "the memo's plainly flawed reasoning" which she characterized as "when the President does it that means that it is not illegal."
-- jpt
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thank god the Bush clowns will be gone soon
Posted by: Blake | Jan 5, 2009 12:06:00 PM
Finally, some people in the DoJ that might do the job instead of forgetting why they fired people or why they need to waterboard everyone they didn't like. Now if Only Ms. Johnsen could find a way to prosecute the dirtbags that have occupied those offices for the last 8 years. Plus it would be kind of fun to watch John Yoo get waterboarded during primetime as a fill in mid season.
Posted by: Bob Lees | Jan 5, 2009 12:01:34 PM
Pebo Bryson names justice appointees who would have thought?
Posted by: Peace Train | Jan 5, 2009 11:58:39 AM
Yep they will cover for Obama very well. They are the same ones who did the investigation for Obama concerning BLAGO but still the media believes them.
Obama investigating himself and finding no wrong doing. OJ also investigated himself
Posted by: Obama's #1 fan | Jan 5, 2009 11:57:40 AM
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