Mukasey Says Obama May Have to Wait
for Some Legal Opinions
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asserted yesterday that the "level of cooperation and communication is very high" between his team and the transition group for President-elect Barack Obama.
"Without getting into particular things that they've requested, they are getting as much as they can, as quickly as they can" from the Office of Legal Counsel, the department unit that has issued key rulings underpinning detainee treatment and electronic surveillance since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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