Ethics

Battle in the Obama White House

By Ed Brayton

The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources in the White House saying that Greg Craig, the president's chief legal counsel, may be on the way out because of his alleged mishandling of the closing of Guantanamo Bay:

Obama administration officials are holding discussions that could result in White House counsel Gregory Craig leaving his post, following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said.

Mr. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House and a close aide to President Barack Obama, has helped lead the administration's efforts on several national-security issues that once enjoyed popularity but have since become become political liabilities for Mr. Obama.

These include the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the release of Bush administration-era national-security documents, and efforts to find legal ways to indefinitely hold some detainees who can't be put on trial.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).