It's unlikely that former Bush administration lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee will face criminal prosecution for approving the legality of harsh interrogation tactics for terrorism suspects, reports The Washington Post. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
«Yoo lashes out at Obama nominee»: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, «Former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo, fighting a suit by a prisoner who accuses him of approving unlawful detention and torture, is taking aim at his detractors, including President Obama's nominee to head the office where Yoo once worked.» (howappealing.abovethelaw.com)
Detectives are using facial recognition software to help in the laborious search for the gunmen in the Labor Day weekend shooting that left a Cuomo administration lawyer critically wounded and on life support, according to law enforcement sources. (nystateofpolitics.com)