'I Was Disgusted,' Says Former Bush Official About Liz Cheney Ad -- NewsWeek

Nine former Bush administration officials who played major roles in shaping counterterrorism policies today released a statement condemning as "shameful" recent attacks by Liz Cheney's advocacy group on Justice Department lawyers who had previously represented Guantanamo detainees.

The statement -- whose signers include top lawyers at the Bush White House, Justice Department, and Pentagon -- was in response to an inflammatory Web ad by Cheney’s group, Keep America Safe, that demanded to know the identities of those it called "the Al Qaeda 7" -- a reference to Obama Justice Department lawyers who had done pro bono work on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.

The ad, which Liz Cheney has vigorously defended on TV, even showed a frame with a headline referring to Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department as the "Department of Jihad." The narrator asks in ominous tones about the lawyers: "Whose values do they share?"

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