Friday, May 04, 2007
Quote of Note: Ted Olsen
"The [DOJ] and its officials traditionally have been held to a standard of independence and non-partisanship not expected at other federal agencies . . . the president must never interject his personal or partisan political impulses into individual DOJ decisions. And it is one of the most important responsibilities of the attorney general to insist that the line between national policy and personal advantage never be crossed. Whenever that barrier has been breached in the past, whenever politics has permeated the decision-making or the atmosphere at the Department of Justice, as occurred in Watergate, the consequences for the nation have been grave."
Former Solicitor General Theodore Olsen in the ultra-right American Spectator, September 2000, via Balloon Juice, via Andrew Sullivan, via The Center for American Progress Progress Report.
Former Solicitor General Theodore Olsen in the ultra-right American Spectator, September 2000, via Balloon Juice, via Andrew Sullivan, via The Center for American Progress Progress Report.
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