Volume 54, Number 4 · March 15, 2007
The Defense of Torture
By David Luban
War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror
by John Yoo
Atlantic Monthly Press, 292 pp., $24.00
Before 2004, few Americans had ever heard of the Office of Legal Counsel or knew the power it wields. A small, elite law office within the Justice Department, the OLC is inconspicuous, and many of its opinions remain secret. Its two dozen lawyers provide legal advice to the entire executive branch of government and by custom, if not law, its opinions are binding on federal agencies. That gives the office substantial power. The OLC attracts talented lawyers, and its alumni include Supreme Court justices, solicitors general, attorneys general, and distinguished academics.
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