Senate Confirms David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General

By Jeralyn, Section Obama Administration
Posted on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 05:26:58 PM EST
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We now have a Deputy Attorney General. David Ogden was confirmed by the Senate today. The vote was 65-28. This is the #2 slot at Justice and Ogden will be responsible for the day to day running of the department.

Background materials on Ogden are here. Most recently, he served as Obama's DOJ transition team leader.

The radical right really doesn't like him, believing him to be pro-p*rn, pro-gay rights, pro-affirmative action and pro-abortion. On the other hand, PFAW is pleased.

He's certainly qualified. He served in the Clinton Justice Department, including as head of the Civil Rights Division and chief of staff to the Attorney General. He clerked for two Supreme Court Justices and has military law experience, having served as Deputy General Counsel and the Legal Counsel for the Defense department. A Harvard law grad, he was editor of the Law Review. In 2006, he received the National Law Journal Pro Bono Award.

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another government Moral Panic partner in crime (5.00 / 1) (#5)
by Sumner on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 07:29:30 PM EST

Judging by the questions (such as Grassley's) designed to maintain the DoJ's focus on a climate of moral panic and the nominee's continued career-long willingness to oblige, it is clear we can expect business as usual from the corrupt Congress and Senate.

Moral panics are a measure of the degree of looting and plundering and usurpations going on, while they are trotted out as major misdirection of the public from the malfeasance by government and their corrupters.

That duly noted, this Department of Justice already promises to be every bit as criminally corrupt as the last.

Now check this out.. (none / 0) (#1)
by fly on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 06:18:22 PM EST

I have only seen this one place ..but check it out.Maybe someone here can confirm this??

FBI sting at Offices of Obama appointee

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1622618

Search warrant being served on Obama appointee.

: please put this on the open thread (5.00 / 1) (#6)
by Jeralyn on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 09:48:46 PM EST

thanks.

: Saw it (none / 0) (#2)
by jbindc on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 06:24:30 PM EST

They said he isn't the target, but he's taken a leave of absence until this is resolved (of course, he hasn't been on the job very long).

: It's also (none / 0) (#3)
by NJDem on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 06:42:09 PM EST

here
I guess we'll learn more soon...

The only Dem to vote against him (none / 0) (#4)
by andgarden on Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 06:47:28 PM EST

was Bob Casey. (For understandable reasons that I completely disagree with).