Harvard Law School professor David Barron, who previously served in a top-level position in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, was nominated today to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. [More]John Richardson asks: "Given he was Acting Asst AG in the Office of Legal Counsel to Holder, did he have any connection with F&F?"
Well, his bio does indicate "he provided advice on a wide range of national security and domestic legal issues," and we know White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler would not allow former National Security Counsel official Kevin O'Reilly to testify before Issa's committee...
Perhaps not--DOJ is a big department and their individual assistant AGs don't have their fingers in everything that's going on, but it certainly merits looking into before automatically rubber-stamping this drone strike-endorsing apparatchik.
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