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Mukasey Names New Chief of Staff
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has appointed Brian Benczkowski to serve as his chief of staff, replacing Brett Gerry the Justice Department announced today:
Benczkowski, 38, currently serves as chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip.[He] will succeed Brett Gerry, who will be leaving the Department after more than four years in the Executive Branch, and who has served as the Attorney General's chief of staff since his confirmation.
. . . "I am happy that Brian Benczkowski has agreed to serve as my chief of staff," Attorney General Mukasey said. "Brian has been one of my closest advisers in the Department since my confirmation process, and his exceptional judgment and extensive experience in the Department will be of great value to me and to the Department in the upcoming months."
Regular TPMmuckraker readers might remember Benczkowski as a mouthpiece for the DOJ on the ambiguity of torture and the word "exclusive" as it pertains to FISA.
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Thanks for all the work you guys do. I will never find this or most of your stuff in the msm.
Sad.
August 6, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
BTW, I check you out every day even though I don't comment very often.
August 6, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wasn't he John Woo's "fact checker" during the time Woo was writing the Defense Of Torture Act(tm)?
August 6, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Enough about Mukasey. The next, and only, thing I want to hear about him is that he is being impeached. If blatantly refusing to live up to the oath of office (to enforce the laws of the nation) is not an impeachable offense, then nothing is.
BTW, this ignoring subpoenas and refusing to testify is getting out of hand since Mary Kay Olsen is now taking this approach. Of course, if the Senate doesn't get their subpoenas enforced, how can local judges expect their subpoenas to be honored?
August 6, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Benczkowski also worked for Pete Domenici (both on the Whitewater hearings and the Clinton impeachment) and James Sensenbrenner.
August 6, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink