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this guy should be removed from his position immediately. the government is attempting to intimidate those representing detainees at guantanamo. according to the report, the pentagon has stated that:

Stimson's comments "do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or the thinking of its leadership," thats it! after everything the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs said, the harshest rebuke he gets is this. what a joke. this was no accident. the DoD did this on purpose as a blatant form of manipulation. i suppose many people will not have a problem with the governement official in charge of the detainees is basically saying they're all guilty terrorists before they've been charged, tried, or convicted of any crime. in a regular trial i'm certain the prosecuting attorney or presiding judge would be removed from the case immediately for misconduct or something similar. but i guess this is another twist in bush's world where up is down and left is right. here are some quotes:

The Pentagon on Saturday disavowed a senior official's remarks suggesting companies boycott law firms that represent detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Charles "Cully" Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said in a radio interview last week that companies might want to consider taking their business to firms that do not represent suspected terrorists. Stimson on Thursday told Federal News Radio, a local commercial station that covers the government, that he found it "shocking" that lawyers at many of the nation's top law firms represent detainees.

Stimson listed the names of more than a dozen major firms he suggested should be boycotted.

"And I think, quite honestly, when corporate CEOs see that those firms are representing the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001, those CEOs are going to make those law firms choose between representing terrorists or representing reputable firms," Stimson said.

Asked who might be paying the law firms to represent Guantanamo detainees, Stimson hinted at wrongdoing.

"It's not clear, is it? Some will maintain that they're doing it out of the goodness of their heart -- that they're doing it pro bono, and I suspect they are," he said. "Others are receiving monies from who knows where and I'd be curious to have them explain that." so here he's basically accusing the lawfirms of recieving illicit funds. what a fuckwad.

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