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Obama's DOJ Clears Yoo & Bybee

Newsweek reports that the DOJ is on the verge of releasing a finalized report of its investigation into Bush administration OLC attorneys who researched and reported on legal questions ranging from enhanced interrogation to wiretapping to all sorts of mundane topics about which I have no clue because, of course, they are not the subjects of constant and viscous attacks. More specifically, the report is expected to declare that Professor Yoo and Judge Bybee committed no professional misconduct, although it does question their judgment. In other words, all bark and no bite.

Perhaps the report means they did not commit any egregious wrongs. Perhaps the report means the Obama administration has embraced the notion of a powerful executive. Query to the Berkeley left: which conclusion displeases you more?

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).