He ManI guess it was only a a matter of time before one of the Bush administration alumni unleashed their inner sociopath in a manner somewhat less acceptable than, say, a torture memo. Former Bush counsel John Michael Farren, 57, of 388 Wahackme Road (oh, cruel irony) went a little apeshit when his wife served him with divorce papers:

Farren, who worked for presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, was arraigned in state Superior Court in Norwalk Thursday, where he was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bond. He appeared in court wearing slippers under his leg irons and a dark-blue, police-issued jumpsuit with a large bandage stuck to the right side of his neck. Because New Canaan police heard him say he wants to kill himself, he was placed on a suicide watch.

He had abrasions on his neck that appear to have been made by a braided leather belt he was wearing when he was found by police, a police report said.

His wife, 43, sustained a broken jaw, facial fractures, lacerations to the back of her head and after being beaten into unconsciousness was taken to Norwalk Hospital, a police report of the incident said.

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In a taped interview at the hospital as she was surrounded by bloodied bed sheets and hunks of pulled-out hair, Farren’s wife told police she escaped the house after hitting the panic alarm and then driving to a nearby home on Weed Street with her two daughters, a 4-month-old and a 7-year-old, after Farren tried to pull her into a bathroom with a kitchen knife, a police report said.

She said the dispute began when Farren wanted to talk to her about divorce papers she delivered to him on Monday. He wanted them to get back together, but she told police that she could not stay with him because of his explosive temper, the report said.

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Farren worked as a deputy counsel for George W. Bush from 2007 until he left office; in this role, he took on a number of issues, including dismissal of several U.S. attorneys and the disappearance of White House e-mail communications.

It is entirely likely that Farren will be defended by John Yoo who will explain that beating a woman unconscious with a flashlight is an entirely legitimate response during a time of war… on marriage.