edward leavy was quite the opposite. he and president -- president ford delegated him substantial autonomy, but not complete independence, nor did the attorney general want independence. at that time, there were many proposed bills in washington to make the attorney general independent of the president. for example, the way the dei director is now. they have a 10-year term that would survive the president who appointed him, to take away from the justice department the authority to investigate high-level officials, special prosecutors. edward leavy's view was the attorney general is accountable to the president for policies, whether the priorities of the that's -- what are the priorities of the department of justice going to be, for example. and, for example, where the law was uncertain, guidance from the president that was appropriate. interestingly, edward leavy and president ford had been graduate students at yale law school at the same time. the president, in a self-deprecating way, explained he spent most of his time