Fate of White House Counsel Is in Doubt After Bruising Fights

[katkat]

Source: NYTimes

As President Obama’s top lawyer, Mr. Craig has been at the center of thorny decisions on closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and revising interrogation and detention policies, problems that have bedeviled the new administration and generated fierce battles inside and outside the White House.

And for months now, he has endured a spate of speculation in print and around the White House about whether he is on the way out...But articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Politico questioned Mr. Craig’s job security, citing anonymous critics.

“In the White House, in particular, power is the perception of power,” said Bradford A. Berenson, a former associate White House counsel under Mr. Bush. “And if people perceive you to be under attack and on the way out, it limits your effectiveness.”


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/us/politics/22craig.html

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Wall Street Journal? Washington Post? Politico? Sounds like the usual suspects, trying to take out another effective member of the administration. Nice quote from a BushCo at the end. (rolls eyes.)

I sure hope Obama doesn't cave on this one, too.

[Catshrink]

1. I'm sure Glenn Beck will take credit for it.

[Peace Patriot]

2. You are wise to look at the sources, and know what that means. nt

[blm]

3. Yes - Politico has been used as a tool by Bushies and corpoDems who serve those interests.

And the targets have usually been those few honest DC Dems trying to push progressive issues and transparency.