Gitmo Casualties
It’s not often that I find myself agreeing with Human Rights First and the Center for American Progress [sic], but this is one of those times: if the reports are true, White House Counsel Greg Craig is being hung out / scapegoated / defenestrated for failing to navigate the myriad issues involved in closing Guantanamo Bay’s detainment facilities, and that is a travesty. Greg Craig is an excellent lawyer (even if I don’t share his political views), but apparently not good enough to navigate the international, domestic, administration and congressional politics of The One’s policy. Craig should have known, but then, since President Obama is So SmartTM, I still can’t figure out why it isn’t done yet. Perhaps it would help if Rahm Emmanuel had a tantrum…oh, I see. (No, wait–IOC.)
At least there is some poetic justice having an unabashed liberal as the first victim of Obama’s Gitmo “policy”.
Would it kill a Democrat to just admit that Gitmo might just be the least worst solution until Congress passes a comprehensive detainee act that addresses situations where the rules of war developed over the centuries primarily for state actors is almost entirely inadequate? [A: apparently, yes.]
Politico has a nicely detailed report.
If true, The One may find it hard to hire folks to fill out his administration if they think it will be this easy to be cashiered.
