More OLC Memos To Come?

By Zachary Roth
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/more_olc_memos_to_come.php

Some followup by the New York Times on the Bush-era OLC memos released yesterday by the Justice Department...

Department officials have told the paper that they may soon release more secret opinions about counter-terror tactics. Those that contain classified information will need to be cleared with other government agencies before they can be released.

Separately, some Democrats are jumping on the controversial memos to bolster their argument for a commission to look into the Bush administration's counter-terror policies.

Senate Judiciary chair Pat Leahy, who has called for such a commission, put out a statement Monday that praised the Justice Department for releasing "some of these long-secret opinions." But it also argued that a "fuller review of these policies" by the new Obama team was needed.

And Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said: "These memos appear to have given the Bush administration a legal blank check to trample on Americans' civil rights. We need to get to the bottom of what happened at O.L.C. and ensure it never happens again."




Justice Dept. May Release More Terrorism Memos
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/washington/04legal.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&hp

Is Footnote In OLC Memo Designed To Protect Its Author?'
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/is_footnote_in_olc_memo_designed_to_protect_its_au.php

I hope they string them out a bit--even those 5 are dynomite! They need to be analyzed and discussed A LOT!!!