OPR: Torture Lawyers Get a Pass; I Get Referred for Criminal Prosecution and Bar Discipline [View All]

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OPR: Torture Lawyers Get a Pass; I Get Referred for Criminal Prosecution and Bar Discipline
by Jesselyn Radack

Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 05:23:07 AM PST

Although entirely predictable, I'm still reeling from the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsiibility (OPR) decision--finally released late yesterday after 5 years--to give the authors of the infamous "torture memos" a pass.

This gives me the dubious distinction of being the only Justice Department attorney that OPR referred for bar disciplinary action stemming from advice I gave in a torture case--and my advice was to permit an American terrorism suspect to have counsel. If the Holder Justice Department had any inclination to rehabilitate OPR's lofty mission of

***** ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys perform their duties in accordance with the high professional standards expected of the Nation’s principal law enforcement agency,

they've blown it.

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/20/838930/-OPR:-Torture-Lawyers-Get-a-Pass;-I-Get-Referred-for-Criminal-Prosecution-and-Bar-Discipline