-San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2010 by Debra J. Sanders
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/05/EDQ91CAT1C.DTL&type=printable
As former Bush attorney and current UC Berkeley law Professor John Yoo noted, “The president can and should put into place political appointees who agree with him. The Obama administration has placed detainee lawyers in important positions in the government because, clearly, the president agrees with the ACLU perspective on the war on terrorism.”
-The New York Times, March 9, 2010 by John Schwartz
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/us/politics/10lawyers.html
“What’s the big whoop?” he asked. “The Constitution makes the president the chief law enforcement officer. We had an election. President Obama has softer policies on terror than his predecessor.” He said, “He can and should put people into office who share his views.” Once the American people know who the policy makers are, he said, “they can decide whether they agree with him or not.”