 Scott Horton in a February 2008 blog in "Harper's" noted that Graham was a reserve judge in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) and had opposed Haynes' conflicts with JAG lawyers at Defense.Senator Dick Durbin asked questions of Brett Kavanaugh during his District Court confirmation in 2006 regarding the vetting of Haynes for a nomination to the federal bench, saying "At the time of the Haynes nomination, what did you know about Mr. Haynes' role in crafting the administration's detention and interrogation policies?