It is essential that the WH retain Bradbury in the position. The whole issue of the "legality" of enhanced interrogation rests on it.

Godzilla forbid that someone like, say, James Comey or Jack Goldsmith end up in the position. Someone with a conscience and a sense of ethics could see approval for enhanced interrogation as what it is: a violation of the Geneva Conventions, a violation of the military's codes of ethics, and an affront to humanity.

Without Bradbury, it'd be way easier to make the case that this administration is riddled with war criminals. Can't open that door--no siree!

None Shall Pass.

"The Dems say that the administration has broken the law to keep him in the spot."--- what? surprise,surprise. The question Senators Durbin and Reid, is if Bush's action is illegal why aren't you doing something about the breaking of the law?

I agree with Quasimoto. The Democrats need to ask for national TV time to address the allegations of the president. The rationale must be that we are facing a constitutional crisis brought on by the president. He should use as examples the President's holding up of nominees in order to circumvent the role of the Senate in advising and consenting on nominations and the games being played with the FISA renewal in order to shield an administration and private companies that conspired to break the law. He should make it clear that the Senate will not confirm any nominee or pass any legislation when such tactics are used and that the president is the party at fault.

Dems will cave. Dems always cave.

I think we can safely assume that articles of impeachment are being drafted as we type. We all know that a Democratic controlled Congress believes in doing their duty above all else. All I am asking now, is what is the date the congressional hearings will begin, so I won't miss them.

I also plan to leave a tooth under my pillow tonight, so I can more easily pay some bills tomorrow.

Good, no more king appointees. It's less than a year now. An empty chair is better than a king appointee. If there's no one sitting in the chair, they can't violate the law and screw the american people, can they? Nope. What a shame.

Be careful what you insist upon: "White House Insists on Confirmation of Torture Memo Author" --
Then We the People should insist upon:
- Full disclosure of all alleged war crimes in re prisoner abuse, and use of illegally captured information to abuse POWs;
- A system of oversight for the legal community that will compel assent to the rule of law, not secret agreements to hide violations of Geneva, the Atty Oath, and Geneva;
- A credible oversight system for the attorneys that will compel meaningful, timely discipline when the attorneys do make frivolous argument justifying violations of Geneva;
- Timely FISA trials for the telecoms;
- Disbarment of attorneys allegedly complicit with violations of Geneva;
- Impeachment of the Vice President;
- Removal of the Speaker to make way for impeachment investigations;
- Fact finding to ensure we understand what needs to be corrected in the oversight sytem to ensure this arrogant abuse of power -- enocuraged by the attorneys -- end;
- Better oversight of the allegedly arrogant, disdainful fools infecting the Federalist Society, DoJ, WH Counsel's office, and OVP;
- A war crimes trial of all legal counsel allegedly complicit with these war crimes as evidenced by their alleged illegal memoranda which "justifes, argues for, and does not prevent or argue against" violations of Geneva -- the Supreme Law which the Constitution binds to the legal community through their oath; and
- End to the non-sense that "the Constitution does not confer rights"; rather, Geneva, as Supreme Law, is a consraint on US power, which constrains the President to fully implement and be bound by the laws of war.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

"I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again."

"Reid said he'd offered to confirm 84 of the pending nominees, but the White House said no dice"

Which nominees, I wonder?

NO CONFIRMATION OF BRADBURY OR ANY OTHER NOMINEE BY THIS UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, ILLEGAL AND EVEN CRIMINAL PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE REST OF ITS TERM. It's a waste of time and effort by the Democrats, Senate committees and Reid to engage in this process being made a sham of by the Bush administration. These nominees go before Senate committees and lie as was obvious from Mukasey's confirmation hearings. There was no intent to change the Justice Department and if you remove the wrinkled face mask on Mukasey you'll find Alberto Gonzales just below the surface.

The Republicans have no interest in working with the Democrats for the good of America. Reid, stop trying to work with those who are only interested in theselves and those few in economic power. Use you procedural tools to stop the bad ACTIONS, the VERY BAD "Domestic Spying Law" - LET IT DIE EVEN IF IT REQUIRES A DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER TO MAKE IT EXPIRE, and CHANGE the presently bad economic stimulus package to include what is necessary for the most vulnerable Americans. THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE POSITION OF STRENGTH, USE IT! Checks can't go out until May. APPLY THE PRESSURE. FORCE Bush to Veto over and over again and FORCE the Republicans to filibuster over and over again. Make them stand up as the BAD guys that they actually are and FORCE rollcall votes to document each of their individual actions! IT IS NO LONGER THE TIME TO BE KIND. IT IS THE TIME TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHERE THESE REPUBLICANS STAND SO THOSE UP FOR ELECTIONS CAN BE DEFEATED.

Whoever wrote the blurb for this piece on the TPM main page needs to learn the distinction between Deputy Attorney General (DAG) and head of OLC.