Monday, February 25, 2008

Gitmo Chief Prosecutor and Defense Dept General Counsel Resign

In case you missed this -- Maj. Col. Davis resigned as chief prosecutor of the Gitmo tribunals. He recently had this to say to THE NATION about his Department of Defense General Counsel William Haynes.
Think Progress » Top Gitmo lawyer: ‘We can’t have acquittals.’:

DAVIS: "I said to him that if we come up short and there are some acquittals in our cases, it will at least validate the process,” Davis continued. “At which point, [Haynes’s] eyes got wide and he said, ‘Wait a minute, we can’t have acquittals. If we’ve been holding these guys for so long, how can we explain letting them get off? We can’t have acquittals, we’ve got to have convictions."
Today, Haynes announced that he would be returning to the private sector.

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