Excerpt from Nomination of Edward H. Levi to Be Attorney General: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session on Nomination of Edward H. Levi, of Illinois, to Be Attorney General, January 27, 28, and 29, 1975 It is a sad fact that the Department of Justice was a principal victim of the Watergate era. In past years the Department's carefully built reputation for evenhandedness and professionalism was abused by those who took it over. The Office of Attorney General became, for a time, a headquarters for political dealing in two and a half years, we had five Attorneys General. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.