Mark David Agrast (born 1956) is an American lawyer who was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, overseeing criminal and national security matters for the department's Office of Legislative Affairs.
[2] Early in his career, Agrast was a senior legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds.
[2] On July 1, 2009, Agrast was appointed a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for criminal and national security matters in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs.
[2] In September 2009, Agrast was reported to have told activists that the Obama administration would not be pursuing or supporting new legislation to detain terrorism suspects and that it has all the current detention authority that it needs.
He also expressed sympathy for then-Sen. Larry Craig, who had been arrested for lewd conduct in a men's restroom.