Greg Craig

Bob Bauer as the Next White House Counsel?

Election Law (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

FOX News reports that Bauer is under serious consideration to replace Greg Craig....

Anita Dunn's Husband Emerging as Top Contender to Replace White House Counsel

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Bob Bauer, the top lawyer for the Democratic National Committee and husband of White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, is under serious consideration to replace Greg Craig.

The Greg Craig Watch

The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

The New York Times reports on the continuing speculation over whether White House Counsel Greg Craig is on the way out. As President Obama’s top lawyer, Mr. Craig has been at the center of thorny decisions on closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and revising interrogation and detention policies, problems that have bedeviled the new [...]

• Fate of White House Counsel Is in Doubt After Bruising Fights - New York Times
• Fate of White House Counsel Becomes Part of the Debate - New York Times

White House Lawyer in Trouble For Doing His Job

Truthdig (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

The gossipy schoolchildren who make up Washington’s power elite have sunk their claws into White House counsel Greg Craig. The president’s top lawyer has had one of the toughest jobs in the building—reversing George W. Bush’s torture policies, finding a Supreme Court justice and vetting some of the most complex legislation ever—and he has the scars to prove it. —PZS...

Greg Craig here to stay

First Read (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

From NBC's Kelly PaiceDespite the criticism and very reliable rumors to the contrary, Gregory Craig said on Friday that he has no intention of resigning from his post as White House counsel anytime soon. In an interview with The National Law Journal, Craig said, "I have no plans to leave whatsoever," and he described his relationship with the president as "excellent." A man with...

Obama lawyer Greg Craig: "'The rumors that I'm about to leave are false."

The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

By GottaLaff Stop all that gossiping out there in D.C. Who do you think you are, Perez Hilton? White House Counsel Greg Craig is trying to put to rest rumors that his time as the president’s top in-house lawyer is coming to an untimely end, according to a report by the National Law Journal . "' I have no plans to leave whatsoever ,'" Craig reportedly told the legal publication. "'...

• 'I have no plans to leave,' top Obama lawyer says - Political Ticker

If Greg Craig Is Leaving Anyway....

The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

...over the Gitmo mess, why not also pin the Copenhagen-Olympic committee fiasco on him ? No other clear fall guy (or gal ) has yet emerged, after all--but the press certainly wants one. Indeed, it makes Machiavellian sense to hang as many muck-ups on Craig as possible (Van Jones comes to mind) before sacrificing him at the media altar. Just think of Craig as Wee-Bey from "The Wire"--claiming...

The Fall Guy for Not Closing Gitmo?

Political Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

Politico : "Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January -- so much so that he's expected to leave the White House in short order. But sources familiar with the process believe Craig is being set-up as the fall guy and say the blame for missing the deadline extends well beyond him."...

• Obama's Gitmo Closing Issues, The Buck Stops THERE - YID With LID
• Another Obama fumble - taxmanblog
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Liz Cheney Is All That Stands Between You and Al Qaeda

Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

That's the view of a couple retired generals who've been trotted out by Human Rights First. They do not blame Greg Craig or Barack Obama for the failure to meet the January 22nd deadline to close the prison at Guantanamo...

• Generals: Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney Are Scaremongering - CommonDreams.org Headlines

The Neocon Panic, Ctd

The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

WaPo reported Friday that the White House is "working to recover from missteps that have put officials behind schedule" in closing Guantanamo. Greg Craig, charged with leading the mission, is being replaced by Pete Rouse. Craig was caught off guard...

White House: It was all Valerie Jarrett’s fault!

Red State (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009

More accurately, it was a source from the White House Counsel’s office : The counsel’s office places part of the blame on the Office for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, which is overseen by Obama Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Valerie Jarrett . Jones’s “czar” job was created by the OIAPE, and Jarrett interviewed Jones for the position....

Who Cleared Van Jones?

The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009

Bob Beckel said on Fox this morning that Obama White House green jobs czar Van Jones will be canned by Tuesday. Beckel reasoned that Jones's background is simply indefensible for a White house appointment, and wondered if the FBI screwed up because they must not have uncovered this in the vetting process. Former White House staffers I’ve spoken with say they would bet the FBI uncovered much...

Panetta is designated fall guy

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009

Kimberley Strassel: In the game of political football that is today national security, spare a thought for CIA Director Leon Panetta. Quarterbacking is hard enough without getting sacked by your own team. President Barack Obama fought hard for the former California congressman during his uncertain February confirmation fight. That's about the last thing the president has done for his spy chief. Quite...

White House Job Plan for Lawyers?

The Corner (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009

Today’s Wall Street Journal carries the surprising news that White House counsel Greg Craig may soon be leaving his job, evidently because his very liberal policy positions on national-security issues have created political problems for the White House. (But wasn’t it President Obama who made the decisions on these matters') On a different note, one passage in the article particularly struck...

Heads We Win, Tails You Lose

The Blog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009

(Greenwald-style update below - Update II) The Obama administration has been forced, once again, to make a false choice between our ideals and our security, and like President Bush before him, Obama chose security. In January White House counsel Greg Craig was telling reporters that this administration would reserve the right to " retain and detain " those prisoners who could not be tried...

• Heads We Win, Tails You Lose - Michael Goldfarb - The Blog