Jack Goldsmith at OLC

Having personally known and admired Jack Goldsmith for years, I always suspected that there was more than meets the eye in his very short-lived tenure at the Office of Legal Counsel. We now have one public version of what transpired with Goldsmith at OLC in a Newsweek article entitled “Palace Revolt.” The story appears to be based almost totally on anonymous sources and key players–including John Ashcroft, David Addington, Jack Goldsmith, James Comey, Daniel Levin, and Patrick Philbin–all refused to comment. So it is difficult to know how accurate it really is. But it is worth reading the whole thing. It certainly puts Goldsmith in a favorable light. Hat tip Volokh.