who as White House counsel played a central role in formulating the administration’s interrogation policy. be persuaded to recognize his obvious conflict of interest and appoint a special prosecutor charged with investigating criminal misconduct independently of the Justice Department’s direction? These are not steps that the administration or its congressional allies will take willingly. Pressure will be needed. And that pressure cannot and should not come from only the usual suspects.

who as White House counsel played a central role in formulating the administration’s interrogation policy