Dawn Johnsen withdrew today as nominee to head up the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Her nomination was blocked for a year by the Republican minority. They found it intolerable that the leader of the Office -which provides constitutional law advice to the President - and was the source of the notorious "torture memos" should be headed by an Indiana law professor who said in a Slate column:
Here is a partial answer to my own question of how should we behave, directed especially to the next president and members of his or her administration but also to all of use who will be relieved by the change: We must avoid any temptation simply to move on. We must instead be honest with ourselves and the world as we condemn our nation's past transgressions and reject Bush's corruption of our American ideals. Our constitutional democracy cannot survive with a government shrouded in secrecy, nor can our nation's honor be restored without full disclosure.
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