Not enough change, eh?

The Boston Globe is reporting that Barack Obama will select Dawn Johnsen, a law professor at Indiana University, to lead the Office of Legal Counsel, a fairly obscure office until John Yoo and his ilk got into the business of enabling those who wished to subvert constitutional checks and balances and issuing get jail free cards to torturers.

If any of you find this description of what went on at OLC under the Bush administration to be immoderate, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Because Professor Johnsen's take is not only more acidic than mine, it's infinitely better informed. Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon.com has the lucious details.

My favorite line from Johnsen:

"We must avoid any temptation simply to move on. We must instead be honest
with ourselves and the world as we condemn our nation's past transgressions and
reject Bush's corruption of our American ideals. Our constitutional democracy
cannot survive with a government shrouded in secrecy, nor can our nation's honor
be restored without full disclosure."