Jack Goldsmith teaches law at Harvard and was an assistant attorney general from 2003 to 2004.

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And when Jack Goldsmith took over the position, this longtime conservative found himself in a very uncomfortable spot.

NPR: Senate Panel to Hear from Ex-DOJ Official

Frequent sparring-partners Glenn Greenwald and Jack Goldsmith have, on their respective blogs, a thought-provoking back- and- forth on the role of patriotism in the American press.

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His name is Jack Goldsmith.

NPR: Senate Panel to Hear from Ex-DOJ Official

Mr. JACK GOLDSMITH (Former Assistant Attorney General): The options are to just continue to detain them, or to find a way to send them back to their countries, or to go to Congress and get some kind of different trial procedure set up to try them.

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