Flanigan, T

---<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan</a><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">imothy Elliott Flanigan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-13.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">nominated</a> May 24, 2005, by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George W. Bush</a> as Deputy Attorney General of the United States in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Justice" title="Department of Justice" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Department of Justice</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051007/pl_nm/congress_justice_dc;ylt=AtNGiyNJD5F6tm9sLObbioy1qHQA;ylu=X3oDMTA4NGRzMjRtBHNlYwMxNjk5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">withdrew</a> his <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051007-6.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">nomination</a> on October 7, 2005.Flanigan, facing "more questions from Senate Democrats about his links with indicted lobbyist <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jack Abramoff</a>," withdrew his nomination, "according to a letter" released by Bush.<hr style="height: 1px; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border: 0px; margin: 0.2em 0px;" /><table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Background" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Background</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Profiles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2 Profiles</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Flanigan.2C_Tyco.2C_and_Jack_Abramoff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 Flanigan, Tyco, and Jack Abramoff</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Lobbyist.27s_Lobbyist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 Lobbyist's Lobbyist</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Unconfirmed_and_Lacking_in_Experience" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5 Unconfirmed and Lacking in Experience</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Pre-empting_the_Law" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6 Pre-empting the Law</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Quotes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7 Quotes</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Publications" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">8 Publications</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Related_SourceWatch_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">9 Related SourceWatch Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">10 External links</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Profiles_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">10.1 Profiles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Documents" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">10.2 Documents</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timothy_E.Flanigan#Articles.26_Commentary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">10.3 Articles & Commentary</a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Background</h2>Flanigan was once Attorney General <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alberto_R.Gonzales" title="Alberto R. Gonzales" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alberto R. Gonzales</a>' deputy in the White House and is currently general counsel, corporate and international law, for conglomerate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tyco_International_Ltd." title="Tyco International Ltd." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tyco International Ltd.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/12/career_lawyer_gets_oversight_of_cia_probe/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:j8-MgRD9gsgJ:www.tyco.com/tyco/press_release_detail.asp%3Fprid%3D27+William+Lytton+tyco+flanigan&hl=en" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[2]</a>Flanigan was to replace Deputy Attorney General <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_B.Comey" title="James B. Comey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">James B. Comey</a>, who left in August 2005 to be <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lockheed Martin</a>'s new general counsel. Flanigan's nomination was <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/423.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">sent</a> to the Senate June 20, 2005, his confirmation hearing was not scheduled, and the White House has had his status listed as "pending". <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/12/career_lawyer_gets_oversight_of_cia_probe/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[3]</a>It was anticipated that Flanigan's nomination "could prompt a debate in the Senate because of his involvement in setting interrogation and detention policies while he was at the White House and because the [then] ongoing prosecutions of two former Tyco executives [were] being overseen by the deputy attorney general's office." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401362.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[4]</a>"Flanigan joined Tyco as senior vice president and general counsel in November 2002, after two former executives, [then] on trial in New York left the company."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401362.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[5]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=L.Dennis_Kozlowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L. Dennis Kozlowski (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">L. Dennis Kozlowski</a>, former chairman and CEO, and "his top lieutenant," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_H.Swartz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark H. Swartz (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mark H. Swartz</a>, "accused of misrepresenting the company's financial condition and improperly taking bonuses," were <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/printer_061805B.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">convicted</a> of Grand Larceny in June 2005.<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Profiles</h2>Nomination 2005: Timothy E. Flanigan, of Virginia, was nominated May 24, 2005, to be Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. "Mr. Flanigan currently serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel - Corporate and International for Tyco International. He previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel at the White House. Prior to joining the Administration, Mr. Flanigan was a partner in the law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=White%26_Case_LLP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White & Case LLP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">White & Case LLP</a>. Earlier in his career, he served as Assistant Attorney General in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Office_of_Legal_Counsel" title="Office of Legal Counsel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Office of Legal Counsel</a> at the Department of Justice. Mr. Flanigan received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia." <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-13.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Personnel Announcement</a>, White House, May 24, 2005.Credentials 2002: "Chief counsel Al Gonzales may be a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush</a> favorite for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Supreme_Court" title="Supreme Court" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Supreme Court</a>, but Flanigan is the designated hitter. Since he's tight with GOP House Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dick Armey</a>, Flanigan will be the one the administration depends on to make the risky <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Homeland_Security" title="Homeland Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Homeland Security</a> department a reality. Through Armey, he'll look to cut enough pork-barrel deals to retain the support of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Libertarian" title="Libertarian" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">libertarian</a>-minded members concerned about <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Civil_rights" title="Civil rights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">civil rights</a> and thus keep the tiny<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a> majority intact."Flanigan's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">conservative</a> credentials are impeccable. After graduating from Brigham Young and the University of Virginia Law School, he served as an assistant AG in the Office of Legal Counsel under <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush the elder</a>. Hours after the voting stopped in Florida two years ago, Flanigan hit the ground, organizing the legal attack for Bush. He worked in tandem with now solicitor general <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ted_Olson" title="Ted Olson" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ted Olson</a> arguing Bush v. Gore in Supreme Court."Flanigan is one of those tireless grunts who made up the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Reagan</a> right. It was Flanigan who scoured the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Clinton</a> passport files for dirt. He backed Ken Starr, calling him 'moderate.' The father of 14 children, he opposes <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abortion" title="Abortion" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">abortion</a>. Like so many other Bush legal minds, he's a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federalist_Society" title="Federalist Society" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Federalist Society</a>, which gave him over $700,000 to write a biography of Chief Justice Warren Burger. According to press reports, Flanigan wants the return of the imperial president, arguing in one memo that the commander in chief doesn't have to enforce laws he doesn't like." --James Ridgeway, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=2214" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Village Voice</a>, June 19, 2002.<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Flanigan served as senior law clerk to the late Chief Justice <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Warren_E.Burger" title="Warren E. Burger" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Warren E. Burger</a> from 1985-1986. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://investors.tyco.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112348&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=358711&highlight=" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[6]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Between 1996 and 1999, Flanigan was paid more than $800,000 as a consultant to the Federalist Society, an association of conservative lawyers with significant ties to the current Bush administration, to write an as yet unfinished biography of Burger.</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"The underwriters of the book were publishing magnate Dwight Opperman, whose family formerly controlled the West Publishing Co. legal publishing empire, and Wade Burger, Warren Burger's son, according to Federalist Society executive director Eugene Meyer." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0507260159jul26,1,4300248,print.story" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[7]</a></dd></dl>Nomination 1992: Timothy E. Flanigan, of Virginia, (born May 16, 1953, in Fort Belvoir, VA) was nominated April 9, 1992, by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George H.W. Bush</a> to be an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel. He would succeed <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J.Michael_Luttig" title="J. Michael Luttig" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">J. Michael Luttig</a>. ... Currently Mr. Flanigan serves as Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, 1990-91. He served with the law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Milbank,Tweed,Hadley%26_McCloy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy</a> in Washington, DC, 1988 - 90; and the law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shearman%26_Sterling" title="Shearman & Sterling" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Shearman & Sterling</a>, 1986-88." <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92040908.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Personnel Announcement</a>, White House, April 9, 1992.<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Flanigan, Tyco, and Jack Abramoff</a></h2><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Lobbyist's Lobbyist</h2><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edward_P.Ayoob" title="Edward P. Ayoob" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Edward P. Ayoob</a>, Tyco's current lobbyist, is "lobbying for another cause these days," Robert Scheer <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.robertscheer.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">wrote</a> September 27, 2005: the confirmation of fellow-<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/%22Team_Abramoff%22" title=""Team Abramoff"" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"Team Abramoff"</a> member Timothy E. Flanigan "as the nation's second-highest law enforcement officer. Ayoob insisted last week that he is acting on his own and not on behalf of Tyco," Scheer said. "And, oh yes, Flanigan promises that, if confirmed, he will recuse himself from any Abramoff investigation involving Tyco. Sure."<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Unconfirmed and Lacking in Experience</h2>"The Judiciary Committee has yet to vote on Mr. Flanigan's nomination, and with the Senate now in recess and expected to take up the Supreme Court nomination of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_G.Roberts,Jr." title="John G. Roberts, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John G. Roberts, Jr.</a> when it returns, some Justice Department officials worry that the Senate may not fill the No. 2 job until October at the earliest," Eric Lichtblau <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christusrex.org/www1/news/nyt-8-16-05c.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">wrote</a> in the August 15, 2005, New York Times."Mr. Specter said the Justice Department did not provide his committee the paperwork on Mr. Flanigan's nomination in time for action before Congress went into recess. 'We just didn't have a fair shot at getting him done,' he said."But even if Mr. Flanigan is confirmed, Mr. Specter said in the interview on Friday [August 12, 2005,] that he had concerns about the depth of criminal prosecution experience at the top of the Justice Department after the departure of Mr. Comey, a veteran prosecutor in Manhattan."Judiciary Committee members said that for the first time in memory, none of the most senior officials at the Justice Department" -- Alberto R. Gonzales, Flanigan,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_D.McCallum,Jr." title="Robert D. McCallum, Jr." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert D. McCallum, Jr.</a>, or <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alice_S.Fisher" title="Alice S. Fisher" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alice S. Fisher</a> -- "would have experience as a criminal prosecutor."<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Pre-empting the Law</h2>"As generals prepared for war in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Afghanistan</a>, lawyers scrambled to understand how the new campaign against terrorism could be waged within the confines of old laws," Tim Golden, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/ZNYT03/410240458" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">wrote</a> in the October 24, 2004, New York Times.Flanigan, he wrote, "was at the center of the administration's legal counteroffensive. A personable, soft-spoken father of 14 children, his easy manner sometimes belied the force of his beliefs. He had arrived at the White House after distinguishing himself as an agile legal thinker and a Republican stalwart: During the<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Clinton</a> scandals, he defended the independent counsel, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kenneth_W.Starr" title="Kenneth W. Starr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kenneth W. Starr</a>, saying he had conducted his investigation 'in a moderate and appropriate fashion.'""Flanigan volunteered his legal services to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney%2704_Inc." title="Bush-Cheney '04 Inc." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush-Cheney campaign</a> during the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.election_irregularities_in_2000" title="U.S. election irregularities in 2000" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Florida recount of 2000</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-flanigan29jul29,0,2489546.story?track=tothtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[8]</a>"In the days after the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/September_11,2001" title="September 11, 2001" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sept. 11</a> attacks, Mr. Flanigan sought advice from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Justice" title="Department of Justice" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Justice Department</a>'s Office of Legal Counsel on 'the legality of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Preemptive_war" title="Preemptive war" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">use of military force to prevent or deter</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Terrorist" title="Terrorist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">terrorist</a> activity inside the United States,' according to a previously undisclosed department memorandum that was reviewed by The New York Times, Golden <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/ZNYT03/410240458" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">wrote</a>.The 15-page <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/warpowers925.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">response</a>, as well as the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Legal_Arguments_for_Avoiding_the_Jurisdiction_of_the_Geneva_Conventions" title="Legal Arguments for Avoiding the Jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Legal Arguments for Avoiding the Jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions</a>, a sweeping 42-page <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/020109_yoomemo_1-10.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">memo</a>, "came from<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_C.Yoo" title="John C. Yoo" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John C. Yoo</a>, a 34-year-old Bush appointee with a glittering résumé and a reputation as perhaps the most intellectually aggressive among a small group of legal scholars who had challenged what they saw as the United States' excessive deference to international law," Golden said."The idea of using military commissions to try suspected terrorists first came to Mr. Flanigan, he said, in a phone call a couple of days after the attacks from<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_P.Barr" title="William P. Barr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William P. Barr</a>, the former attorney general under whom Mr. Flanigan had served as head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel during the first<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration" title="Bush administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush administration</a>," Golden wrote. "Military commissions, [Flanigan] thought, would give the government wide latitude to hold, interrogate and prosecute the sort of suspects who might be silenced by lawyers in criminal courts. They would also put the control over prosecutions squarely in the hands of the president.""To act pre-emptively against <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Al_Qaeda" title="Al Qaeda" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Al Qaeda</a>, the authorities would need information that defense lawyers and due-process rules might discourage suspects from giving up," Golden wrote. "Flanigan framed the choice starkly: 'Are we going to go with a system that is really guaranteed to prevent us from getting information in every case or are we going to go another route?'"<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Quotes</h2>"The presidency will not concede any of its constitutional prerogatives while George W. Bush holds the office, his Deputy Counsel, Timothy E. Flanigan,<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/news/2001_02/flanigan.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">asserted</a> in a talk titled 'Restoring the Powers of the Presidency' March 5 [2002] at the [University of Virginia] Law School."<h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Publications</h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Timothy E. Flanigan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/practicegroupnewsletters/federalism/fd010201.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"The Line Item Veto Act and the Limits of Executive Power,"</a> The Federalist Society, 2001.</li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">Related SourceWatch Resources</h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abu_Ghraib" title="Abu Ghraib" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Abu Ghraib</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_doctrine" title="Bush doctrine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush doctrine</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration_cronyism_and_incompetence" title="Bush administration cronyism and incompetence" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bush administration cronyism and incompetence</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Margolis" title="David Margolis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Margolis</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_S.Addington" title="David S. 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Addington</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Enemy_combatant" title="Enemy combatant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">enemy combatant</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Guantanamo_Camp_Xray" title="Guantanamo Camp Xray" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Guantanamo Camp Xray</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican%27culture_of_corruption%27" title="Republican 'culture of corruption'" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican 'culture of corruption'</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;">External links</h2><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">Profiles</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=6252" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"The Right-Wing Affiliations of Bush Administration Officials,"</a> "Right-Wing Watch"/<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">People for the American Way</a>: Timothy E. Flanigan.</li></ul><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">Documents</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92040908.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Nomination of Timothy E. Flanigan To Be an Assistant Attorney General</a> by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George H.W. Bush</a>, April 9, 1992.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/election/OrdBushForCouns.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Albert Gore, Jr., et al. vs Katherine Harris, etc., et al.</a>, Florida Supreme Court, December 6, 2000. Motion to Appear granted for Benjamin L. Ginsberg,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_J.Terwilliger_III" title="George J. Terwilliger III" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George J. Terwilliger III</a>, Timothy E. Flanigan and Kirk Van Tine.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investors.tyco.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112348&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=358711&highlight=" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Press Release: "Tyco Appoints Timothy E. Flanigan General Counsel, Corporate and International Law,"</a> Tyco International Ltd. (Bermuda), November 21, 2002.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1586" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing Notice</a> for July 26, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/dojappts.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">DOJ Nominees and Appointments as of September 23, 2005</a>, including links to official press release announcements, Department of Justice website.</li></ul><h3 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">Articles & Commentary</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">M. Marshall, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/news/2001_02/flanigan.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bush Is Intent on Preserving the Powers of the Executive Branch, Deputy Counsel Says,"</a> Virginia Law, University of Virginia, 2001.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">James Ridgeway, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=2214" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Federalist Soceity Lawyers Behind Bush's Attacks On Civil Liberties. Background on Viet Dinh and Timothy E. Flanigan,"</a> Village Voice(Overthrow.com), June 19, 2002: "A Small Cartel of Conservative Lawyers Rewrites the American Rule Court Jousters."</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tim Golden, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/ZNYT03/410240458" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law,"</a> New York Times (The Ledger), October 24, 2004.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael Isikoff, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6732484/site/newsweek" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers. A Justice Department lawyer may have been laying the groundwork for the Iraq invasion long before it was discussed publicly by the White House,"</a> Newsweek, December 18, 2004.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Michael Hirsh, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6733213/site/newsweek/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Torture's Path. The paper trail is long, and it isn't pretty. But it's sure to produce some tough Senate questions for Alberto Gonzales,"</a> Newsweek, December 27, 2004/January 3, 2005 issue.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dan Eggan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401362.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Ex-Aide To Gonzales Tapped for No. 2 Post,"</a> Washington Post, May 25, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andrew Ross Sorkin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/printer_061805B.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Tyco's Ex-Chief and Top Aide Are Convicted of Grand Larceny,"</a> New York Times (TruthOut), June 17, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dan Eggan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/04/AR2005070400883.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Attorney General Brought Key Aides From Previous Post in White House Counsel's Office,"</a> Washington Post, July 5, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andrew Zajac, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0507260159jul26,1,4300248,print.story" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bush nominee faces grilling on links to suspect lobbyist,"</a> Chicago Tribune, July 16, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Eric Lichtblau, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/27/politics/politicsspecial1/27justice.html?ex=1280116800&en=6ab185d070ad18ab&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Justice Nominee Is Questioned on Department Torture Policy,"</a> New York Times, July 27, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Brendan Coyne, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2155" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Torture Policy, Scandal Follow Deputy Attorney General Nominee,"</a> New Standard News, July 27, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Walter F. Roche, Jr., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-flanigan29jul29,0,2489546.story?track=tothtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Nominee Is Linked to Controversy. Bush's choice for deputy attorney general worked with a lobbyist, now being investigated, in an effort to shield offshore firms from U.S. taxes,"</a> Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark Sherman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/12/career_lawyer_gets_oversight_of_cia_probe/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Career lawyer gets oversight of CIA probe,"</a> Associated Press (Boston Globe), August 12, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Eric Lichtblau, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christusrex.org/www1/news/nyt-8-16-05c.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Tension Builds Between F.B.I. and Congress,"</a> New York Times (christusrex.org), August 15, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">R. Jeffrey Smith, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/AR2005092202204.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Tyco Exec: Abramoff Claimed Ties to Administration,"</a> Washington Post, September 23, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo re Flanigan: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_18.php#006619" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">September 23, 2005</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_25.php#006629" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">September 25, 2005</a>.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Robert Scheer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.robertscheer.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Corrupt Connections. Widening Abramoff scandal exposes GOP cronyism,"</a> robertscheer.com, September 27, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200509/092905a.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Judiciary Democrats Seek Second Hearing On Department Of Justice Nominee,"</a> Senator Patrick Leahy's Office, September 29, 2005. Senate Democrats wanted to know more about: (1) "The role Flanigan played in developing the Bush Administration’s interrogation policies governing detainees"; (2) "Flanigan’s dealings with indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff when Flanigan worked as general counsel for Tyco International."; and (3) "The lack of relevant prosecutorial experience. Like other top officials within the Justice Department, Flanigan lacks that relevant law enforcement experience."</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Josh Marshall, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_10_02.php#006707" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Talking Points Memo,</a> October 6, 2005: "On October 18th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Deputy Attorney General nominee Timothy Flanigan's ties to Jack Abramoff. Flanigan will attend and Roll Call reports that Tyco has waived the attorney-client privilege Flanigan invoked to avoid answering Abramoff questions in his September 29th appearance."</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">James Vicini, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051007/pl_nm/congress_justice_dc;ylt=AtNGiyNJD5F6tm9sLObbioy1qHQA;ylu=X3oDMTA4NGRzMjRtBHNlYwMxNjk5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bush's pick for Justice Dept. job withdraws name,"</a> Reuters, October 7, 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark Sherman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/weird_news/12845204.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"No. 2 Justice candidate withdraws name,"</a> Associated Press (CentreDaily.com), October 7, 2005.</li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; 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text-decoration: none;">16-May</a>-<a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/952/000105637/" class="proflink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">1953</a>
Birthplace: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/geo/983/000108659/" class="proflink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">Fort Belvoir, VA</a>
Gender: Male
Religion: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/277/000069070/" class="proflink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">Mormon</a>
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government, Business
Party Affiliation: RepublicanNationality: United States
Executive summary: Would-be Deputy US Attorney GeneralNominated 24 May 2005 to be Deputy U.S. Attorney General, nomination withdrawn 7 October 2005. Flanigan reportedly hired <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/646/000094364/">Jack Abramoff</a> to lobby for Tyco.Formerly White House deputy counsel under <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/332/000050182/">Alberto Gonzales</a>, and before that senior law clerk to Chief Justice <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/129/000088862/">Warren Burger</a> (1985-86).<blockquote style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><tt>Flanigan may well argue for the return of the days of an "Imperial Presidency." Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen cites a 1992 memorandum by Flanigan that was written while Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice.</tt><tt>In that memorandum, Flanigan "described presidential non-enforcement authority in sweeping terms that would seem to allow the President to refuse to enforce any law that in his view is unconstitutional." In addition to blurring the traditional separation of powers, this radical philosophy leaves room for a dangerous arbitrariness in the enforcement of the law. It permits the ultimate authority in determining the constitutionality of a law not to lie with the judiciary, as the framers intended, but rather with the President -- and his Office of White House Counsel.</tt></blockquote>Wife: Katherine (14 children)
Daughter: Liz Davis
    University: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/561/000068357/">BA, Brigham Young University (1976)</a>
    University: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/561/000068357/">Brigham Young University</a>
    Law School: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/551/000068347/">JD, University of Virginia (1981)</a>
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/512/000044380/">Tyco</a> General Counsel for Corporate and International Law (2002-)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/213/000124838/">White & Case</a> Partner
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/954/000122588/">Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy</a> (1988-90)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/780/000124408/">Shearman & Sterling</a> (1986-88)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/252/000127868/">US Justice Department</a> Assistant Attorney General
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/374/000123005/">Law Clerk</a> for Chief Justice <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/129/000088862/">Warren Burger</a> (1985-86)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/714/000356643/">America's Majority Trust</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/175/000167671/">Bush-Cheney '04</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/496/000042370/">Federalist Society</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/716/000171203/">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/745/000167244/">Romney for President</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/group/920/000095635/">Florida 2000 Recount</a>