Neil Gorsuch Helped Defend Disputed Bush-Era Terror Policies

In December 2005, Congress handed President George W. Bush a significant defeat by tightening legal restrictions against torture in a law called the Detainee Treatment Act. Soon afterward, Neil M. Gorsuch — then a top Justice Department official — sent an email to a White House colleague in case he needed “cheering up” about the administration’s setback.

"Neil Gorsuch Helped Defend Disputed Bush-Era Terror Policies" is from the March 15, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and narrated by Caroline Miller.