The Shame Continues

Now it appears that the White House is pressuring JAG lawyers to fall in line regarding the Administration's response to the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision. The military lawyers who defend detainees imprisoned and demonized on unproven and untested charges demonstrate more courage every day than our big-talk President, "other priorities" Prince of Darkness, and incompetent Rumsfeld have shown in their entire lives. The issue is not solely whether Hamdan and the others at Gitmo are guilty of what they haven't been charged with. It is also whether America will defeat its enemies without defeating itself. My hope is that history will remember these military lawyers -- and the civilian lawyers who work with them -- as among the heroes of our time.