It seems that the lawyers that okayed the harsh interrogation orders are going to be made the scapegoats according to the Justice Department.
Officials conducting the internal Justice Department inquiry into the lawyers who wrote those memos have recommended referring two of the three lawyers — John Yoo and Jay Bybee — to state bar associations for possible disciplinary action, according to a person familiar with the inquiry. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was not authorized to discuss the inquiry.
I'm not sure why the third lawyer is exempt from the witch hunt but I guess he didn't play such an important role. In any case if this should tell all lawyers that if the Justice Department wants you to draft up some legal memos then you better say "well I'm pretty swamped, I just can't do it." After all it could get your disbarred by a future administration looking to take a few heads.
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