Top Legal Adviser (Coffin) To CHENEY Resigns

[kpete]

Cheney Lawyer Is Leaving
November 01, 2007 05:36 PM ET | Permanent Link


The office of Vice President Cheney is saying goodbye to a top-level official. Cheney's office confirmed late today to U.S. News that counsel Shannen Coffin is leaving government tomorrow and will head back into private practice at his former law firm Steptoe & Johnson.

A source says Coffin is expected to take a breather from the rapid pace of government service to spend time with his wife and two small children before returning to private practice after New Year's.

Reached by phone at his office, Coffin declined comment and referred calls to the public relations office.

Coffin joined Cheney's staff in 2005 to fill the position once held by David Addington, who replaced Lewis "Scooter" Libby as chief of staff after his indictment. In that capacity, Coffin has served as the top legal adviser to the vice president.

more at:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2007/11/1/cheney-lawyer-is-leaving.html

[Atman]

1. Spending time with the family! BWHAHAHA!

At least that's more believable than "She suddenly got a conscience." I think the first requirement to be legal counsel for Dick "Dick" Cheney is to check your conscience at the door.

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[madokie]

5. that may very well be a prerequisite for even being considered for the job, huh

[NightWatcher]

2. I bet she knows what is in the "man-sized" safe

Dont go on the farewell hunting trip, er strike that. Hunt your brains out

[malaise]

3. I thought that coffins stuck around

for the funeral. Maybe dead eye Dick has opted for cremation.

Is Cheney about to 'lawyer up'? Is this today's Friday news dump?

[yellowcanine]

4. You would think by now they could come up with something more original than "more time with the

family". It leaves the impression that government service is so financially rewarding that people can just hang out with the family after resigning and live off the proceeds of government service.

[madokie]

8. you know with this crew its prolly true, being the corrupt bastards that they are and all

[marmar]

6. Coffin is legal adviser to the Dark Lord of the Undead....how apropros.

:evilfrown:

[bdamomma]

7. sometimes I question all these resignations, do I have this on

:tinfoilhat: when I think maybe all of cheney objectives are in place and they are no longer needed they preformed their task.

[rodeodance]

9. umm. she lasted only a few years.

[soothsayer]

10. 'rapid pace of government service'? for a legal person? bizarre!

[yellowcanine]

11. I imagine being Dick "Pepper" Chaney's legal advisor would keep one stepping and putting in long

hours. Must take some extraordinary effort to cover up the legal snafus Dickhead gets himself into.

[Botany]

12. Jumping Ship?

[Drum]

13. an excellent sign

that Dick's on shaky ground. let's heat up the tar.

:evilgrin:

[malaise]

20. That's my take

This is a Friday news dump - there's no smoke without fire.

[seafan]

14. Coffin fought to protect Cheney from releasing energy task force documents.

From Think Progress, November 2, 2007:

Today is the last day on the job for Shannen Coffin, Vice President Cheney’s counsel. Coffin joined Cheney’s team in 2005 to replace David Addington. Until mid-2004, Coffin served in the Justice Department and won favor with Cheney when he successfully defended the vice president from having to publicly release documents related to his energy task force.” In 2006, Coffin “told the Secret Service in September to eliminate data on who visited Cheney at his official residence.”

Another one skates off into the sunset, free as a bird.

[gratuitous]

15. Shannen's a man, baby!

Just to be sure we're all in service to the dichotomous gender rules of our society.

So, will Cheney replace Coffin with Man-sized safe?

[catmandu57]

16. Makes you wonder

what's over the horizon.

[zabet]

17. Cheeknee having a legal advisor...

that is almost an oxymoronic statement.
Why the hell would crashcart even need a
legal advisor since he is above the law?
Or simply ignores the law?
Good riddance to a waste of tax dollars.

[BridgeTheGap]

18. Too bad Dick's not leaving with (in a) Coffin

XZXX)))

[Blackhatjack]

19. More Comments at an Earlier Thread ... LINK

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2188910

Post 5 by seemslikeadream:

"The disclosure by Cheney’s counsel, Shannen W. Coffin, came on the day that the Senate Judiciary Committee had set as a deadline for the Bush administration to turn over documents related to the wiretapping program, which allowed the National Security Agency to monitor communications between the United States and overseas without warrants."

[flashl]

21. We can only hope that the exodus will leave them

with no other options but their full participation in investigations.