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Considered one of Washingtons best special investigators

JOHN DURHAM
Special Prosecutor, Department of Justice

In 2008, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey tapped Assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Connecticut John Durham to conduct a threeyear investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes as a special prosecutor for the Department of Justice. Known as an effective mafia-busting prosecutor in New England for decades—he handled some of the most sensational FBI trials in history, including one that served, in part, as inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s film The Departed—Durham had earned a nonpartisan, camera-shy, “white knight” reputation in the Northeast before his move to D.C. During the tape-destruction investigation, he was asked by Attorney General Eric Holder to take on an additional assignment: determining whether to undertake a wide-ranging criminal investigation into CIA interrogation abuses. Earlier this year, after reviewing dozens of allegations, he recommended closing most of those cases—but he did advise continued inquiry into the deaths of two prisoners in U.S. custody. It’s less than advocates of widespread accountability had hoped for, but it leaves the door open for at least some reckoning with Bush-era abuses..

The Swamp should be very, very, afraid. These guys are Bad-Ass. Like a honey badger, they don't give a "shyte"
[Post edited by MasterRusty at 05/14/2019 07:18AM]

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Link: The New Republic review of US ATTY John Durham

Posted: 05/13/2019 at 10:39PM

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