The Next Two Names in the Gitmo Nine

The Washington Times ^ | 2/26/2010

[MadisonReagan]

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is rightly unhappy that the Justice Department won't divulge the names of the nine Justice Department lawyers who directly represented suspected-terrorist detainees, or their cases. Grassley identified two himself, Neal Katyal (an aside: Katyal is a very impressive guy and very charming and level-headed) and Jennifer Daskal. Well, we've identified two more of them: Deputy AG counsel Eric Columbus and Office of Legal Counsel lawyer Jonathan Cedarbaum. (With reference to: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/25/identifying-the-gitmo-nine/)

[MadisonReagan]

Why is the Justice Department trying to hide these names? What is the point of stonewalling? It makes that which may be bad-but-honest personnel choices look, instead, suspicious.

[Freddd]

Because there is a huge conflict of interest, and they are Muslim sympathizers...