Had to read this twice. House Republicans complained for weeks than many of Obama’s political appointees to the US Justice Dept — defended terrorists. In fact, Congressmen claimed that Eric Holder and Obama were stacking the Justice Dept with top officials sympathetic to "enemy combatants." The problem is simply conflict of interest. Given inside knowledge of terrorist strategies, what are these lawyers doing in top Justice positions? Seriously, whose side are they on, is a fair question.
You can’t make this up. This is truly stranger than fiction.
So here it is from today’s LA Times, word for word about the Sympathetic Seven :
" The Obama appointees identified Wednesday:
Jonathan Cedarbaum, in the Office of Legal Counsel, and Eric Columbus, who works under the deputy attorney general, were part of a legal defense team for Bosnian Algerian detainees and brought a case to the Supreme Court that resulted in the right of captives to challenge their detention.
Jonathan Cedarbaum
Karl Thompson, now in the Office of Legal Counsel, helped represent Omar Khadr, a youth captured after a firefight in Afghanistan in which Sergeant First Class (SFC) Christopher James Speer (September 9, 1973–August 6, 2002) was killed by grenade attack.
Omar Khadr
Karl Thompson
Sgt Christopher Speer — Killed on duty an American Hero
Joseph Guerra, principal deputy associate attorney general, worked on legal briefs on behalf of Jose Padilla, accused of plotting a "dirty-bomb" attack.
Jose Padilla
Joseph Guerra
Tali Farhadian, who works in Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.’s office, contributed to appellate briefs for Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, a Qatari student designated an enemy combatant when he was about to go trial on fraud charges in Illinois.
Ali Saleh Kahlah AL-Marri
Tali Farhadian
Beth Brinkmann, a deputy assistant attorney general, collaborated on Supreme Court briefs for detainees and advocated more protection of detainees’ rights.
Beth Brinkmann
Tony West, an assistant attorney general who heads the Civil Division, served on the legal team for John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban who was captured in Afghanistan.
John Walker Lindh
Tony West
Earlier identified were Neal Katyal, principle deputy solicitor general, who won a Supreme Court victory for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, former driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden; and Jennifer Daskla, former senior counsel for Human Rights Watch, who now serves as an attorney in the Justice Department’s National Security Division. "
Salim Ahmed Hamdan L Osama’s bodyguard
Neal Katyal
Remember these folks, you will hear about them and their consequences for decades.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:00 am
As someone who recently worked in DC for the Justice department – Mr Steele has covered this quite well.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:00 am
The first thing coming to mind is TREASON ON THE PART OF THIS ANTI-AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION