Correction: “GIMO”=GITMO
"...Tom Durkin, the Chicago attorney—he defended Matt Hale, the self-proclaimed Pontifex Maximus of the World Church of the Creator—said that he “wouldn’t have missed this party for the world.” Over the past four years, Durkin has made seven trips to Guantánamo. Initially, he was hesitant to get involved with the defense project, which was assembled by the A.C.L.U. He recalled, “I said to them, ‘Let me speak to my managing partner and get back to you.’ ” He was referring to his wife, Janis Roberts, who stood beside him. “We have six kids who had to eat and go to college,” she pointed out. “He said, ‘I want to do this.’ And, in hindsight, I know we did the right thing.” Several of Durkin’s clients, including a Sudanese detainee named Walid Ali, have refused to speak to him. In the spring of 2007, Durkin travelled to Khartoum, met with Ali’s family, and obtained a letter—from the Sudanese government to Condoleezza Rice—that apparently helped to secure his release. Ali spoke to him then. Around 9 P.M., Romero clanged a fork against a glass. He proposed a toast: “To a moment—a moment—where we can stop and celebrate, even though I know our hearts are going to be broken someday soon.” (Sure enough, within a week Romero was excoriating Obama for having “reneged” on his promise to “reform the abuse of state secrets.”)..."
"...The latest gossip was that, on the night Obama was elected, someone at the base had started a conga line at two in the morning, pissing off the military prosecutors. Someone speculated that it was members of “the Ramzi Binalshibh crew.” (They have denied the allegation.) Earlier, Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, had spoken. He said, “This is a Walt Whitman moment where we can celebrate ourselves, but I think we’re also here to remember some of the nonlawyers in the fight.” He went on, “There are more people in this room than there were at some of these protests. Where were you all?” Somebody shouted, “In Gitmo!” ♦
“The latest gossip was that, on the night Obama was elected, someone at the base had started a conga line at two in the morning, pissing off the military prosecutors. Someone speculated that it was members of “the Ramzi Binalshibh crew.””
How quintessentially traitorous!
“Cheney says Obama has increased risks to U.S.” (3/15/09)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/us/politics/16cheney.html?_r=2&ref=politics
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“U.S. moving enemy combatant to Illinois court” (2/26/09-Wow, that was FAST)
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/02/us_moving_enemy_combatant_to_i.html
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“UN expert rips U.S. allies for Anti-terror tactics, plans investigation into CIA, Gitmo detentions” (3/10/09)
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/03/un_expert_rips_us_allies_for_a.html
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“Eric Holder tells West Point: The law was not followed in U.S. War Against Terror”
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/04/eric_holder_tells_west_point_t.html
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Ahem! Mr. Holder, suspected terrorists and American haters aren't covered under the U.S. Constitution last time I read it...