Philip Heymann

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Philip B. Heymann (born (1932-10-30) October 30, 1932) is a former Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration and currently a law professor at Harvard Law School.^[1] He was an active critic of the George W. Bush administration, particularly on its warrantless domestic spying program.

In 1954 he graduated from Yale, where he was a member of Scroll and Key Society. He is also a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Heymann was formerly a Watergate scandal prosecutor, and compiled the National Football League report on the sexual harassment of female sportswriter Lisa Olson.^[2]

Heymann was co-chairman of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Sentencing Committee.

He is the father of Assistant US Attorney Stephen Heymann and is the author of the books Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy For A Democratic Society and Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning without War, both published by MIT Press.

References

↑ Harvard biography page
↑ "Sport: Trouble in The Locker Rooms". TIME. October 15, 1990. Retrieved May 28, 2011.

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Preceded by George J. Terwilliger III	U.S. Deputy Attorney General Served under: Bill Clinton 1993–1994	Succeeded by Jamie Gorelick

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 85284924 LCCN: n84008870 ISNI: 0000 0001 2142 0328 GND: 136714315 BNF: cb12362340r

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Name	Heymann, Philip B.
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Short description	American lawyer
Date of birth	October 30, 1932
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