In October 2009, Balcer came under attack by right-wing bloggers for an episode of "Law & Order" about the Bush Administration's Enhanced Interrogation policy. Writing in Breitbart, former "Law & Order" star Michael Moriarty accused Balcer of being a "Marxist agent provocateur." Balcer said of the attacks, "What many of these critics fail to realize is that "Law & Order" has always been an equal-opportunity offender, and if a Democratic administration had implemented this despicable (torture) policy, our show would have taken them to task for it."