Office of Legal Counsel - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Office of Legal Counsel Index / Organizations Transcripts Jeh Johnson ...that AQAP was part of al-Qaeda. The Office of Legal Counsel , I think, would take the view that i... ...separations under this law.” And the Office of Legal Counsel told him that he needed the secretar... ...a program or a seminar, after he left OLC [Office of Legal Counsel], “Military'... ...or a seminar, after he left OLC [ Office of Legal Counsel ], “Military's fighting a secret war i... Gregory Craig ...the torture memos that come out of the Office of Legal Counsel [OLC]. Because my appointment has bee... ...out of the Office of Legal Counsel [ OLC ]. Because my appointment has bee... ...Mary DeRosa and myself who read those OLC memos about torture during th... ...released. So many of these materials, OLC memos, photographs associated with th... ...get to that topic later. The OLC memos, I had seen those OLC memos wit... ...later. The OLC memos, I had seen those OLC memos with Mary DeRosa in the Justic... ...been told by some that to release these OLC memos would break faith with th... ...And in the debate about disclosing the OLC memos, Dan Meltzer made specifi... ...for waterboarding, because the Office of Legal Counsel said that waterboarding wasn't tortur... ...Barron, who was the acting director of OLC , of the Office of Legal Counsel in th... ...was the acting director of OLC, of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department, called me u... ...film, and we've gone back and looked at OLC memos dealing with the oath, and w... ...the public to read the memos from the Office of Legal Counsel justifying the enhanced interrogatio... Show more... Kathryn Ruemmler ...through his Counsel's Office and the Office of Legal Counsel , whether or not this practice that th... ...and our lawyers looked at it, and the Office of Legal Counsel looked at it, and agreed, and believe... Felicia Escobar Carrillo ...super hard questions, you go to the Office of Legal Counsel at DOJ, OLC. So we had to go to the... ...to the Office of Legal Counsel at DOJ, OLC . So we had to go to them and ask them... Neil Eggleston ...with the solicitor general and with the Office of Legal Counsel [OLC], actually, are always—fraught i... ...and with the Office of Legal Counsel [ OLC ], actually, are always—fraught is th... ...to the Department of Justice and the Office of Legal Counsel , in a lot of ways, in my era—I thin... ...came to the right decision. I think the OLC opinion is quite persuasive about it... ...different view. I agree with the OLC opinion, but I get that you could no... ...but in prior years, I've taught the OLC opinion in my class, so I've read i... ...mad at me. I decided we should give an Office of Legal Counsel opinion that what the president wa... ...at it, and my team looked at it, and OLC looked at it, and it just didn't work... ...stuck. I made the decision to have the OLC opinion affirm DAPA, but say yo... ...that there would be more weight to the OLC opinion if it in fact didn't conclud... ...they were really unhappy that I had the OLC opinion say that; because then i... ...she was national security advisor. The Office of Legal Counsel 's position is that the ambassador doe... ...national security advisor does. What OLC told me is, “We will not support he... ...not have had to testify under the OLC 's view of the law. No, I take tha... Show more... Don Verrilli ...torture memos that were prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel in the department to justify the use o... ...who wanted to disclose those Office of Legal Counsel , OLC, memos to the public, basicall... ...disclose those Office of Legal Counsel, OLC , memos to the public, basically as ... Cecilia Muñoz ...really, really wanted—we took to the Office of Legal Counsel for a judgment. The reason that the... ...weren't included was because of the Office of Legal Counsel 's view. Yes, we felt we were on ver... James Cole ...holding up. One was the head of the Office of Legal Counsel , Virginia Seitz. Another was th... Sharon Block ...out of those conversations about the OLC [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion abou... ...of those conversations about the OLC [ Office of Legal Counsel ] opinion about how he could do th... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Transition Transition go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa