Donald Rumsfeld. The Outing of CIA Agent Valery Plame. Obama Advisors Feared a Coup if the Administration Prosecuted War Crimes. Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Advisors for President-Elect Barack Obama feared the new administration would face a coup if it prosecuted Bush-era war crimes, according to a new report out this morning.
Christopher Edley Jr., law dean at the University of California and a high-ranking member of the Obama transition team, made the revelation during a 9/11 forum at his law school on September 2. Andrew Kreig, director of the D.C. -based Justice Integrity Project, reports that Edley's comments were in response to questions from Susan Harman, a long-time California peace advocate. Alberto Gonzales Named 'Distinguished Chair of Law' By Belmont University. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, last seen expressing "disappointment" in himself for failing to stop the politicization of the Justice Department honors program during the Bush era, has a new gig as the Doyle Rogers Distinguished Chair of Law at Belmont University College of Law in Tennessee.
In a press release Monday, Belmont announced the newly created and endowed position, which Gonzales will take on beginning January 2, 2012. "The insight and experience Alberto Gonzales acquired while serving as the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Counsel to the President, Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas and Texas Secretary of State will be immeasurable resources for our students and faculty," Founding Dean Jeff Kinsler said in a statement. "Since leaving public office, these qualities have helped Judge Gonzales develop into an outstanding professor.
" Gonzales resigned from the DOJ amid allegations that during the Bush Administration the department had fired U.S.