Merrick Garland, Ed Levi and the Power of Speech
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Justice Department's Culture of Quietness
Leavey spoke publicly and specifically about the department's work with congress on a broad statute to bring under judicial oversight all domestic wire tapping for national security purposes. He described the outrageous fbi conduct toward martin luther king and described how he had tasked non fbi officials to credibly and independently investigate it. Garland is steeped in the department's culture of quietness, and he took that culture with him to the judiciary where he was far more quiet than his contemporaries on the bench.
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