¶ The Terror Presidency
Friday, April 4, 2008, 9:08am
Jack Goldsmith is a friend from law school. We clerked together at the Supreme Court. We have remained friends since. When he went to the Justice Department to head the Office of Legal Counsel (read: the coolest possible job in the world of public lawyers), many of us were anxious. The kind of legal storm that was/is the Bush Administration is not a place one wishes on friends.
The Terror Presidency is the story of Jack's time at OLC. It is a book that makes me very proud -- of the ideals of my profession, and of my friend. You've no doubt heard the sexy bits -- orchestrating the reversal of OLC on the torture memos, the scene at the hospital with Ashcroft, etc. Those alone make the book worth the read. Indeed, the new attorney general said he "couldn't put it down."
