Democratic Individuality: Are American war crimes above the law?

2 Feb

Sam Morison, a Department of Defense lawyer for prisoners in Guantanamo, sent the following letter about the violation of the rule of law there. Big Brother monitors the phone conversations (the only ones allowed) between lawyers and the prisoners in violation of the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality. Further, the Pentagon acts covertly to prevent the New York bar ethics committee from asserting this principle (one might also imagine that the lawyer in question is simply a sycophant – see here and here).

via Democratic Individuality: Are American war crimes above the law?.

H/T ComeHomeAmerica.

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