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White House Gets Its Man for Top Surveillance Lawyer

 

By Jonathan CoppageDecember 9, 2013, 6:38 AM

 

 

 

John P. Carlin is on track to become the Justice Department’s top national security lawyer, and assume responsibility for approving the thousands of domestic surveillance requests sent to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court every year. If Attorney General Eric Holder had his way, Carlin never would have been nominated.

 

As Shane Harris reported at Foreign Policy yesterday, Holder “strenuously” objected to Carlin, who was instead the favored choice of White House officials “Kathryn Ruemmler, the White House counsel, and Lisa Monaco, the president’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser.” Carlin had been Monaco’s chief of staff when she held the position, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, prior to moving to the White House, and he now holds the office in an Acting capacity. Holder reportedly had his own list of candidates, including his own former national security counsel, Amy Jeffress.

 

Carlin’s anonymous critics quoted in the FP piece level two primary charges against him. First, while he Scissors-32x32.png


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John P. Carlin is the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security of the Department of Justice (DOJ). He most recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff of the DOJ's National Security Division (NSD). In addition to providing strategic legal advice to senior DOJ leaders and coordinating national security initiatives across the Government, Mr. Carlin also oversees and manages the full spectrum of NSD's work. Previously, Mr. Carlin served as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the FBI, spearheading high-priority projects, advising the Director, and managing the day-to-day operations of the Director's Office. Scissors-32x32.png

(Source) http://www.justice.gov/nsd/meet-aag.html

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