President Barack Obama tapped David Kris to lead the Justice Department's national security division. Kris has been a critic of the legal rationale for the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. He as a senior Justice Department official in both the Clinton and Bush administrations from 2000 to 2003, and is widely respected in Washington for his knowledge of intelligence law. He is deputy counsel for Time Warner Inc. and adjunct law professor at Georgetown University, and he worked on the Obama transition team at the Justice Department. The selection offers yet another indication of sharp changes in policy at the Justice Department by the incoming leadership.
