Talk:Jack Goldsmith

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WSJ suggests Goldsmith as AG[edit]

James Tarranto suggests Goldsmith for Attorney General.Jarhed (talk) 17:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Added content and cites for context[edit]

Added material related to Abu Ghraib scandal and leaking of torture memo; also Bush administration's reaffirmation of legal opinions on torture after Goldsmith's resignation.Parkwells (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

added script purchase[edit]

Film adaption

The Special Program, a movie script of Goldsmith's experiences in the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel, was sold to The Weinstein Company on December 16, 2013.

Source: The Special Program, Spec Scout

Thewhitebox (talk) 15:30, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Goldsmith is against torture but supports data-mining citizens? Is that a correct assessment? Interested if The Weinstein Company's movie will whitewash or ignore Goldsmith actively supporting the illegal surveillance of all Americans. Thewhitebox (talk) 15:43, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Family background[edit]

He is said to be the stepson of someone. - Who was his father, who his mother? What is his ethnicity - if any other than Israeli? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:C1CE:FE00:1803:993A:3B9D:3DDC (talk) 14:47, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The answers to your questions can be found in Chapter 1 of his memoir "In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth." --Baekemm (talk) 15:31, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]