counsel's

And no one had touched it the next morning when he called the counsel's office to "develop a procedure for transfer of the safe out of this office," he wrote.

Rumsfeld and Cheney safeguard America 2011

And no one had touched it the next morning when he called the counsel's office to "develop a procedure for transfer of the safe out of this office," he wrote.

Rumsfeld and Cheney safeguard America 2011

The general counsel's office recommended taking no further action and closing the file on Mr. Buchanan.

House Ethics Investigators Extend Buchanan Probe Brody Mullins 2011

It found, according to a report released Monday and a spokesman for the counsel's office, that only a single Cabinet-level department under President Obama has adopted reasonable safeguards to ensure that illegal political activities do not occur on government premises, on workers' official time or at government expense.

Obama administration slow to adapt Hatch Act standards on electioneering laws, report says R. Jeffrey Smith 2011

An earlier report from the FEC prepared by its general counsel's office said the agency was looking into about $70,000 in donations made to Mr. Buchanan's 2006 and 2008 campaigns.

House Ethics Investigators Extend Buchanan Probe Brody Mullins 2011

He joined the Department of Justice in February 2009 and moved to the White House counsel's office a year later.

Senate approves Donald Verrilli as solicitor general 2011

The counsel's report says the trip idea originated in an e-mail by the head of the White House political office to her own aides.

Obama administration slow to adapt Hatch Act standards on electioneering laws, report says R. Jeffrey Smith 2011

Although White House officials told the counsel's office that such briefings were "informational discussions about the political landscape," many "if not all" were meant to ensure "the electoral success of the Republican Party," and thus constituted illegal political activity on government premises, the counsel said.

Obama administration slow to adapt Hatch Act standards on electioneering laws, report says R. Jeffrey Smith 2011

The special counsel's office, now run on an interim basis by career appointee William E. Reukauf while Obama appointee Carolyn N. Lerner seeks confirmation, did not deeply probe current practices or find any specific evidence of wrongdoing.

Obama administration slow to adapt Hatch Act standards on electioneering laws, report says R. Jeffrey Smith 2011

He joined the Department of Justice in February 2009 and moved to the White House counsel's office a year later.

Senate approves Donald Verrilli as solicitor general 2011