The Terror Presidency

   Another relatively quick read, Jack Goldsmith's book was very well-balanced.

   Since it had been sitting on my shelf for over a year, I had forgotten what point-of-view the author was coming from, having read rave reviews about it more than a year prior.

   I was struck by the evenhandedness that pervaded this entire book. It was clear from the beginning that Goldsmith cared a great deal about doing the right thing, not necessarily what the Bush administration wanted him to do, even as the head of the Office of Legal Counsel in Bush's Justice Department.

   Definitely interesting to read five days shy of Bush's departure from the White House and Obama's inauguration.