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“When the OLC opinion was finally made public long after Barr left office, it was clear that Barr’s summary had failed to fully disclose the opinion’s principal conclusions.” justsecurity.org/63635/barrs-pl…
Even executive power absolutists would, I think, recognize the error here—confusing the courts’ deference to the political branches on certain questions for legal authorization. It’s the kind of thing that might fly in an op-ed, but it’s bad legal advice. washingtonpost.com/archive/politi… 
Brings me back to my overarching question about Barr. We can recite chapter and verse the reasons not to trust his fidelity to the public interest. What in his whole career did he do to earn the benefit of the doubt that @Comey and others want to give him? justsecurity.org/63510/what-has…
