Rou

I mean to write this last week, but I was busy. Sue me.

I'm pissed. I know I know... you're shocked.

A senior Pentagon official, Charles D. Stimson, in charge of detainees made an interesting comment last week. He said that he was dismayed that lawyers from many top law firms in the country were representing clients in Gitmo. He elaborated by saying that he hoped that corporations and businesses would cut all ties with the legal firms until they chose not to represent terrorists. He went further and actually published a lit of the firms involved to support his position.

Then he went further. He suggested that the pro bono representation being offered by these firms could very well be paid coverage from "who knows where". That's pretty low. Trying to imply that these lawyers are being paid by terrorism or something. Fucking low.

Frankly, it's an abhorrent position to me. To honestly indicate that the people down there don't deserve representation is amazing. Murders, rapists, fucking Timothy Mcveigh, and the Unabomber all got the right to representation. Why the fuck should we punish the people representing the people held down in Gitmo. And beyond that, why should a government hack take pot shots at American legal firms. He's attempting to damage their business because he doesn't like the fact they're representing people he's in charge of?

Fuck him. The only good thing about this little dillhole's comments is that the legal world smacked him down. The American Bar Association made a statement that said in no uncertain terms that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law, no one more deserving of representation than anyone else.

Frankly Charles, I think it would be more amusing if you lost your job and no one hired you because you're a fucking moron.