"Extraordinary and Inappropriate"

The report also raised new questions about how the Bush White House kept key Justice Department officials in the dark as it launched the surveillance program.
In a move that it described as "extraordinary and inappropriate," the report said the White House relied on a single, lower-level attorney in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel for assessments about the programs' legality.
The questionable attorney, John Yoo, a young George W. Bush appointee/crony with close ties to the president's inner circle, wrote a series of memos usurping truth and legally blessing the program even though his superiors and most top officials were uninformed about it; in essence, practically proclaiming the executive branch of government above the law.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy is calling for a nonpartisan inquiry into the government's information-gathering programs.
Los Angeles Times report HERE
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