What was to be a Senate Judiciary Committee consensus approval of five district court judge nominees and the nominee for solicitor general collapsed in disarray last week in a fight for disclosure of interrogation memos from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
Committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., sought committee consent to seek subpoenas of purported torture memo material and opinions from the OLC, which provides legal advice to the White House and executive branch agencies.
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