http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/05/05/update-bush-officials-trying-to-interfere-with-justice-department-ethics-report/By Stephen C. Webster
Published: May 5, 2009
Updated 3 hours ago
UPDATE 328 PM ET: The Washington Post reports: “Former Bush administration officials are launching a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report criticizing lawyers who blessed harsh detainee interrogation tactics, according to two sources familiar with the efforts.
“In recent days, attorneys for the subjects of the ethics probe have encouraged senior Bush administration appointees to write and phone Justice Department officials, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is not complete.