Human rights advocate named State Department's top lawyer

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Source: LA Times

Harold Hongju Koh, dean at the Yale Law School, has been one of the most vocal critics of the Bush administration's approach to the detention and trial of terrorism suspects.

Reporting from Washington -- Harold Hongju Koh, an outspoken advocate of human rights and international law, has been chosen to be the top lawyer at the State Department.

Koh, dean at the Yale Law School, has been one of the most vocal critics of the Bush administration's approach to the detention and trial of terrorism suspects, calling a 2002 memo justifying harsh interrogation methods a "stain on our national reputation."

If confirmed as State Department legal advisor, he would have a key role in dismantling the Bush administration's approach to that issue and others.

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"He has been a strong voice for both human rights and restoring the rule of law," said Christopher Anders, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-justice-koh25-2009mar25,0,5808722.story

[vaberella]

1. Thanks for the post. n/t

[kestrel91316]

2. Dean of Yale's Law School. Impressive. Especially compared to Bush's

pick for the job, who was probably a janitor at Liberty University's "law school". Or some such.

[lsewpershad]

3. See there

are good people out there if you care to find them. Now Mr President do the same for treasury.