http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x589928and
http://blog.reidreport.com/2011/02/holder-unleashed-justice-drops-rumsfeld-wolfowitz-doma-defense/I believe the case on torture & illegal detention can go to court now. We the People are no longer Bush & Co. defense team. It appears they had to wait until a court ruling that could eventually make it to the supreme court was decided and then they dumped them. DOJ & Obama appear to have to wait until a case was ruled on first.
excerpt from reidreport:
The decision comes a week after a SC judge dismissed a lawsuit Padilla filed against Rummy, Wolfowitz and several military officers over his confinement, ruling that the discovery process could reveal state secrets. But a second case, one pulling in torture memo author John Yoo, is going forward, and likely to wind up before the Supreme Court. The Obama Justice Department had already stopped defending Yoo.