Posted on 10/08/2006 4:57:50 PM PDT by SmithL
The Navy lawyer who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush administration's military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been passed over for promotion and will have to leave the military, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.
Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, 44, will retire in March or April under the military's "up or out" promotion system. Swift said last week he was notified he would not be promoted to commander.
He said the notification came about two weeks after the Supreme Court sided with him and against the White House in the case involving Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was Osama bin Laden's driver.
"It was a pleasure to serve," Swift told the newspaper. He added he would have defended Hamdan even if he had known it would cut short his Navy career.
"All I ever wanted was to make a difference — and in that sense I think my career and personal satisfaction has been beyond my dreams," Swift said.
The Pentagon had no comment Sunday.
A graduate of the University of Seattle School of Law, Swift plans to continue defending Hamdan as a civilian.
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Not if we get 2 loyal Americans as the next justices to the SC
Because I believe that wars must be fought not only for just causes, but with just means? If I'm unwelcome in the party in control of my country because of that belief, well, that is frightening.
I didn't say that. I said if Hamdan aided Bin Laden, and that it is proven in a court of law that Hamdan aided Bin Laden, then he should be punished.
You did not say anything. You wrote that if he did it, and if it is proven in a court of law, and the assumption that you have any moral or intellectual integrity is a stretch, but let's assume you apply the same standard to Bin Laden and the rest of alQaeda as you do to Hamdan. A certain fat treasonous defense attorney comes to mind.
Because of a belief in "just war"?
You are corrupt because you side with the enemy.
Th only thing "fishy" is the one sided story coming out about this poor victim of the evil military.
I don't think we know the entire story, so if we were Dems we would begin the conspiracy theories. But since we aren't how about waiting or looking for the ENTIRE story before jumping to conclusions as to why he wasn't promoted?
Yes, that video is terrible to watch.
That is your destination, and the destination of all alQaeda supporters.
See, because you think only in false dichotomies, you assume that anyone who disagrees with you supports Al Queda.
Sorry that you had to watch the video.
We have a problem here with enemy identification.
No, it is just you here on this thread, in post after post, taking the side of alQaeda.
Only as "individuals", not prisoners of war, and then only minimal protections. Individuals may be sentenced by a "regularly constituted court", and that is interpreted by the executive as military tribunals and treaty law is superior to the Constitution and courts.
"poor victim" of the military - I don't think so....I worked for the AF JAG for two years and believe me, if this bozo wasn't promoted it was because he didn't give a rat about the US military....
Saying that fighting justly is what makes us morally superior to them is not "taking the side of Al Queda." Part of that includes treating our enemies with human decency and respect when they surrender; another part of that is not trying to weasel our way out of treaties.
It's not the first time for jude.
BTW, that video is nothing compared to FARS homepage. Watch at your own risk.
There we go. Those are still minimal protections that were being violated in Guantanamo Bay. (That provision requires such legal mechdanisms as are required in civilized jurisprudence. Due Process is certainly included in that list.)
That's because I have consistently argued for the just war theory, even when it was no longer popular amongst conservatives.
Do you remember that fat treasonous lawyer Lynne Stewart ?
If everyone would watch those they might better understand who the enemy is!!
HEY PRETTY BOY JUDE24, AFTER I STOP SHAKING I'M GONNA GET YOU A NICE SOFT PINK CRYING TOWELL!!!!!
And they will get civilized due process as determined by the military tribunal, authorized by treaty law subject to the discretion of the executive as treaty law is not subject to civilian court review.
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