October 20, 2007
Hearings, please
Posted by
Mark Kleiman
WaPo:
Politically motivated officials at the Pentagon have pushed for convictions of high-profile detainees ahead of the 2008 elections, the former lead prosecutor for terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay said last night, adding that the pressure played a part in his decision to resign earlier this month.
Note that the pressure came from a general, not directly from a civilian political appointee. Turning the career civil service and the uniformed military into partisan weapons is among the worst sins of the current junta. A Democratic President will need to do a thorough housecleaning.
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