In response to reports that Tim Geithner is trying to scotch Elizabeth Warren’s appointment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (and presumably prefers someone who is sort of willing to overlook the whole “consumer protection” part of the mission), Yglesias and Fernholz point out that the sourcing for the claim is far from airtight.

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Shorter Jay Bybee: “I’m very sorry. I’m sorry that there are some people out there who think that designing specious legal arguments in order to enable executive branch officials to arbitrarily torture people who may or may not be guilty of anything should be a stain on your reputation.”

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