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  1. 02-25-2011, 09:36 AM #1
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    Justice drops defense of Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz

    By JOSH GERSTEIN | 2/22/11 5:09 PM EST

    The Justice Department under President Barack Obama has quietly dropped its legal representation of more than a dozen Bush-era Pentagon and administration officials - including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and aide Paul Wolfowitz - in a lawsuit by Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla, who spent years behind bars without charges in conditions his lawyers compare to torture.

    Charles Miller, a Justice Department spokesman, confirmed Tuesday that the government has agreed to retain private lawyers for the officials, at a cost of up to $200 per hour. Miller said “conflicts concernsâ€
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  2. 02-25-2011, 10:18 AM #2
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    Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union, one of Padilla’s lawyers
    However, a federal judge in San Francisco, weighing a separate but parallel suit against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo ruled that case could go forward.
    Obama must be at it again. him and his Teams of Destruction
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