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"Opinion Casts Light on Secretive Justice Dept. Office"

"Opinion Casts Light on Secretive Justice Dept. Office": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "A legal opinion allowing the Justice Department to dole out a $1.5 million grant to a Christian aid group that makes religious belief a condition of employment is shining new light on an obscure office that interprets laws across the government. The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel, which issued the interpretation last year to little notice, has been a target of congressional Democrats for its blessing of detainee interrogation techniques and a warrantless eavesdropping program that nearly provoked a mass resignation of top law enforcement officials four years ago."

And yesterday in The New York Times, Charlie Savage had a front page article headlined "Bush Aides Say Religious Hiring Doesn't Bar Aid."

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 19, 2008 (boomark / email).