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By Curt Levey Posted in Uncategorized — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Today’s Washington Post reports that the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility “is investigating whether Bush administration lawyers violated professional standards by issuing legal opinions that authorized the CIA to use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques.” Regardless of the soundness of the opinions in question, this investigation – especially because it’s been made public – threatens to have a dangerous chilling effect on Administration attorneys, who must now weigh the future weight of public and Congressional opinion when giving legal advice.