Office of Legal Counsel issuing opinions on ‘secret’ laws, watchdog says

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The Office of Legal Counsel within the Justice Department has quietly exerted opinions on laws that Congress may never have had in mind. That’s what the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) said it found after an extensive Freedom of Information Act request. POGO investigator Daniel Van Schooten joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share more details.

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