Daniel Marcus (born January 5, 1941) is an American lawyer and member of the faculty of Washington College of Law."Destroyed tapes could put CIA in legal tangles". Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2007 | Richard B. Schmitt
Early life and education Born in Brooklyn, Marcus graduated from Brandeis University in 1962. He also received an LL.B. in 1965 from Yale Law School, and was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Career Marcus began his career as a law clerk for Judge Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was a partner at the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering for many years, before leaving to become deputy general counsel of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and then general counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Carter administration.
Marcus returned to the law firm until 1998, when he entered the White House Counsel's office as senior counsel. Marcus then worked at the Department of Justice,"What Are the Limits of Executive Privilege?". NPR, January 28, 2006. Transcript of radio interview. where he held several positions, including United States associate attorney general.
After the expiration of the Clinton Administration, Marcus was a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center and general counsel of the 9/11 Commission. He subsequently joined the faculty of the American University Washington College of Law,"C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations". New York Times, By MARK MAZZETTI DEC. 6, 2007."Gonzales, Loyal to Bush, Was Firm on War Policies". The New York Times, Aug 28, 2007 where he continued to write and speak about legal issues in American politics."Ridge looks at future of U.S. security". East Bay Times, By Angela Woodall and William Love April 20, 2005"Supreme Court sharply divided on the rights of terror suspects". Herald.net, Robert Barnes and Del Quentin Wilber, Jun 14th, 2008"CIA interrogation videotapes case". Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minn. · Dec 7, 2007. Interview.
Selected publications "Restoring and Reviving the Department of Justice". Human Rights magazine, Vol. 35 No. 4. Fall 2008 "The 9/11 Commission and the White House: Issues of Executive Privilege and Separation of Powers." American University National Security Brief 1, no. 1 (2010): 19-32.
References
External links Daniel Marcus - Profile at American University