Dawn Johnsen: My Nomination Was Blocked To Score ‘Political’ Points Against Obama On Terrorism: "pIn a must-read article about the broken confirmations process in the Senate, Dave Weigel quotes former Office of Legal Counsel nominee Dawn Johnsen explaining that conservative objections to her failed nomination had nothing to do with actual disagreements with her views: “I’m not going to talk about any individual meetings with senators,” [Johnsen] says, “but [...]/p"