David Ogden Steps Down at DOJ

More turmoil in the Obama Administration’s legal team.

Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, the Justice Department’s second in command, is stepping aside to return to private law practice in Washington after less than a year of service, according to two sources familiar with the move.

Ogden had managed the day-to-day operations of the department’s more than 100,000 employees since his Senate confirmation earlier this year.

I can only imagine what the back story to this is–but this is not a good way to turn DOJ around from its Alberto Gonzales disfunctionality.