Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of 
As my colleague Daphne Eviatar notes at the Washington Independent, the Office of Professional Responsibility report from the Department of Justice regarding John Yoo and Jay Bybee has still not been released:
Less than two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the long-awaited report on the ethics of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who sanctioned torture and other abuses would be released by the end of November...By the end of the day on Monday, the Department of Justice still had not produced the promised report.
In June, Holder similarly said that the report would be released "in a matter of weeks." That was almost six months ago.
Here's what the report deals with:
The report, prepared by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, reviews the conduct of former Office of Legal Counsel lawyers John Yoo, Steven Bradbury and Jay Bybee, who is now a federal court of appeals judge. All three helped produce memos that approved treatment of detainees that Holder has said is clearly illegal. Enough information has been leaked already that we know that its earlier versions, at least, were highly critical of the OLC attorneys' work and could lead to disciplinary actions against the lawyers by state bar associations. If the review finds that the lawyers deliberately slanted their analysis of the law to reach a desired conclusion, it could also renew calls for their prosecution.
It could also weigh heavily in complaints filed against them with the relevant bar associations. I predict it will be released late Friday afternoon.
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Cheers to Senator Whitehouse (who is keeping the public heat on AG Holder) and Ms. Eviatar for not allowing this malfeasance to fade into the past. My ass is still chapped that President Ford pardoned President Nixon.
You would think the common cause all non-politically-powerful Americans would support is the promotion of justice coupled to the idea that no person is beyond our reach when they violate our laws.
Posted by: Michael Heath | December 5, 2009 10:18 AM
Thanks for reminding us all about this. I am so discouraged that Dick Cheney has not yet been tried for war crimes that I have been finding it hard to stay optimistic that we'll ever see justice.
Posted by: vjack | December 5, 2009 12:00 PM
Well pardon me, Ed, but that's obvious. The question is which Friday afternoon?
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | December 5, 2009 5:39 PM
So, when has AP style been the way to go for blog titles?
Posted by: Shawn Wilkinson | December 5, 2009 8:08 PM