USA Today adds its voice to the chorus decrying the appalling comments of Charles "Cully" Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs. Money quote:
Since its opening in 2002, the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has become a symbol of un-America behavior, fueling cries for its closure, including from close ally Britain. Reports from the United Nations and others allege treatment tantamount to torture at the prison camp.
If the department’s point man on detainees thinks the best use of his time and pulpit is stirring up resentment for detainee lawyers, he has a seriously skewed view of reality. America has huge problems at Guantanamo Bay. The presence of pro bono lawyers trying to ensure justice for detainees is not one of them.
He should be fired, if the deep damage that this administration has already done to the rule of law in America is not to be compounded.
The Dish 