Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) set off a firestorm recently when he pressed the U.S. Department of Justice about political appointees who had advocated for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detainees while in private practice. The appointees’ names are now public, and Grassley is moving on to a broader question: Why doesn’t DOJ keep a master database of conflicts of interest?
“Large law firms, like ones you’ve served in, have conflict committees and procedures in place to ensure that rules are followed,” Grassley said to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. at an April 14 hearing. Grassley asked about creating “some centralized system” at DOJ. Holder, an ex-Covington & Burling partner, said the idea is worthy of consideration: “There is, certainly at least in the law firm that I was a member of, such a database.”
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