It Is, I Suppose Inevitable...
...but it is kind of sad, anyway, that some people are taking the opportunity of the Left's sliming of Paul Clement to begin attacking once again those Justice Department attorneys who in private practice represented Guantanamo clients. But it does reinforce my point from earlier this week that these two episodes are deeply connected. Andy McCarthy asks,
Which brings us to the Obama DOJ’s al-Qaeda Seven.
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...but it is kind of sad, anyway, that some people are taking the opportunity of the Left's sliming of Paul Clement to begin attacking once again those Justice Department attorneys who in private practice represented Guantanamo clients. But it does reinforce my point from earlier this week that these two episodes are deeply connected. Andy McCarthy asks,
Which brings us to the Obama DOJ’s al-Qaeda Seven. Can we finally agree that they really are the “al-Qaeda Seven,” just like lawyers who choose to represent mobsters are commonly called “mob lawyers”? Caterwauls cascaded down upon Liz Cheney, Bill Kristol, and Debra Burlingame several months back when their organization, Keep America Safe, had the temerity to apply the “al-Qaeda Seven” label to seven DOJ lawyers who volunteered their professional services to our enemies, gratis, to help them file lawsuits against the American people, challenging their detention as enemy combatants in their war against the United States.No, Andy, we cannot agree.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
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