Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal thinks criticism of the Obama administration’s post-Sept. 11 legal policies is “misguided” and a “cheap shot.”

In his first interview since leaving the government in June, Katyal defended the administration’s handling of disputes over state secrets, the status of detainees in Afghanistan and immunity for government officials accused of mishandling terror suspects — all of which have been criticized by civil liberties groups.

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