Last October, the Senate eagerly sent an invitation to former OLC-head Jack Goldsmith to testify before the Judiciary Committee--this after Goldsmith's book, The Terror Presidency had been available to the public. The Democrats on the Judiciary Committee thought they had another Bush loyalist bent on sticking it to their former boss. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
The Senate Democrats had only themselves to blame as Goldsmith's book was clear that he had not lost faith in the Bush administration. Thus when Goldsmith didn't criticize the administration, the Democrats were stuck, unable to blast away at Goldsmith after they invited him to testify.
The Senate Judiciary Committee just released the transcript from that October hearing. I encourage you to skip over the accolades and other self-promotion from many of the senators and get right to the questioning.
(Kudos to the Federation of American Scientists for publicizing this--it is clear the Senate Dems wouldn't).
